This brief chapter of art history is often overlooked. Now, an exhibition in New York City makes a strong argument for the ...

Florence, the Athens of Italy, had banished the Medici family, after having put them in power, and had just burned Savonarola at the stake, after having regarded him as an idol and a prophet.

Show at the King's Gallery features an 'enormous cache' of works by the likes of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... of papal politics at the height of the Italian Renaissance and during the tumultuous years ...

This important study takes a new approach to understanding Italian Renaissance humanism ... how they viewed their own history, what goals they enunciated, what triumphs they celebrated - in short, he ...

This perceptive reinterpretation casts new light on the dynamics of court culture in the Italian Renaissance.' Deborah Howard - Professor Emerita of Architectural History, University of Cambridge ...

This autumn seems to be the season for Old Master Drawings exhibitions! The Fondation Custodia in Paris opened a new show ...

A museum has raised almost £4.5m to save a rare Italian renaissance painting. The Ashmolean Museum, which is part of the University of Oxford, paid £4.48m for the 1420s crucifixion painting by artist ...

Martin Kemp, emeritus professor of art history at the University of Oxford has been honoured for his services to Italian culture.

Buckingham Palace has been home to countless exhibitions that explore the history of the British royal family through art design. And now, an exhibition showcasing the artistic royalty of the Italian ...