The Mycenaeans and Minoans of Bronze Age Greece adopted a variety of beauty practices to enhance their appearances.

In 1942, newly moved out of her family’s Helsinki apartment and living on her own, the Finnish artist Tove Jansson painted a ...

The National Gallery's "Paris 1874" exhibit and the Museum of the Bible's first public viewing of the Megiddo Mosaic both ...

Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance artists to draw from the nude female model. A couple of head studies by Federico Barocci are drop-dead gorgeous. A few breathtaking ...

What started as a small feminist arts collective has grown to host hundreds of residents and publish countless books under ...

A Room of Her Own” at the Hispanic Society in New York showcases sacred Estrado spaces of upper-class women in the 15th-18th ...

Composer Melissa Dunphy discovered an unsolved murder at her home from 144 years ago. She brings her back to life with “Alice Tierney.” ...

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

The “Mona Lisa,” painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 16th century, is undoubtedly one of the most famous artworks in ...

See the evolution of nude depictions in art throughout the 1900s — including works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse — ...

Representations of and by Italian Women From the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period, will be offered Wednesdays, 4:35-6:55 p.m., this coming spring.

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, ...