WE ALL know what they say about imitation and flattery, in art as in life. Things were no different in Florence during the ...
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 ...
Show at the King's Gallery features an 'enormous cache' of works by the likes of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael ...
Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...
The title of the exhibition is Drawing the Italian Renaissance, and the rooms are provided with clipboards, desks and pencils so that visitors can draw from the work themselves; on some days artists ...
In 1504, three huge figures of the Renaissance era found themselves in Florence, then a city in turmoil. A fascinating new ...
A rare early masterpiece by the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico has been acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England ...
when the three giants of the Italian Renaissance – Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael – locked horns. These days, the art world plays down the importance of competition, and ...
In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, ...