This is because, for centuries, the artistic traditions of the European Renaissance have been the authority of such themes. It was from the 15th to 16th century that “art came to be seen as a br ...

Somewhere in Cambridge at a MIT lab, a 15th-century painting depicting a Renaissance infant, once thought too damaged to ...

The Renaissance began in Italy during the 14th century, spreading across Europe by the 17th century. This period saw a revival of classical knowledge, art, and architecture inspired by Ancient ...

Each artist left behind their own distinctive mark on the painting, now housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Giovanni Bellini, Feast of the Gods (1514/1529). Courtesy of National ...

Durer was born in 1471 in Nuremberg, when the city was part of the Holy Roman Empire and became a key figure of the Northern Renaissance. He knew renowned Italian artists including Raphael and ...

This painting was holding a centuries-old secret that art historians were thrilled to find. A close examination of "Ecce Homo" by Renaissance artist Titian revealed another painting underneath.

Art and culture being accessible to all is “fundamental”, the Ashmolean Museum director has said, after securing nearly £5 million in funding to save a rare Italian Renaissance painting.

Painted in the 1420s, the crucifixion painting by the Renaissance master Fra Angelico is the earliest surviving panel painting by the artist. Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion, as the Ashmolean Museum ...

The portly, balding sculptor-turned-architect must have drawn a few curious gazes as he set up a complicated painting apparatus in the corner of a Renaissance-era piazza. He planted his instrument ...