Growing up in the shadow of the Italian Renaissance, he was trained in ... Doctor or grifter, Watteau’s self-portrait remains in character, reinforcing the dissonance between ensemble and ...

exploring the city through the seminal works of art that were made, commissioned or displayed at the high point of the Italian Renaissance – the year 1504. It was a moment when three of the world’s ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...

In the Legion of Honor’s Renaissance gallery, a new 400-year-old acquisition sparkles with a vibrancy belying its age. San Francisco is the new home to Lavinia Fontana’s 400-year-old painted “Portrait ...

On December 28, 1895, on the basement wall of Le Grand Cafe Capucines in Paris, a steam locomotive rounded a set of railway ...

Often, they were preparatory studies for finished paintings or works in other media ... nutcracker rather than its own claws. Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance ...

She mixed with the Bloomsbury Group, and set up home with two men but her most sensual paintings were of women. Now a major ...

The origins of these classic costumes are probably not what you would expect. What would a witch costume be without a pointy hat? Why do pirates wear so many accessories that would be impractical on ...

Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Afsheen Beig creates intricate and vibrant paintings, with a special focus on mandalas. Based ...

For artist Janice Hansen, seeing the mural installed at the library was her proudest artistic achievement and a legacy of the ...

The Scuderie del Quirinale presents “GUERCINO. The Ludovisi Era in Rome,” a major new exhibition from October 31, 2024, to ...

He then crowns iconic artist Georgette Chen “queen of giving us the bombastic side eye”, referring to the Singapore pioneer’s famous Self Portrait ... s goal of making art accessible for ...