Byzantine art had a significant impact on the Italian Renaissance and the evolution of the cultural boom of the early modern ages.

While many look to Florence as the creative pulse of early Renaissance art, the new exhibition makes a strong argument for ...

And the fact that the paintings are 700 years old adds to their verisimilitude. The exhibition at the Met, which runs through Jan. 26, examines those years leading to the onset of the plague that ...

Ashmolean director Dr Xa Sturgis described the painting as "both very calm, but also very charged" Museum staff have shared the history of a rare Italian renaissance painting they managed to save ...

While Florence is often positioned as the center of the Renaissance by art historians, Siena was the site of a phenomenal artistic innovation and activity 1300-1350. Others think that Siena ushered in ...