The Patio de la Infanta in Zaragoza, Spain, was built by the banker of Carlos I as a sign of love for his wife. After several ...

The Mona Lisa half-length portrait was painted by none other than Leonardo da Vinci in 1503. Learn about Monalisa’s real name ...

The world knew Jimmy Carter as a president and humanitarian, but he also was a woodworker, painter and poet, creating a body ...

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A masterpiece of Italian Renaissance, the Villa Barbaro at Maser is a 16th-century building designed by Andrea Palladio and ...

It all started with a couple of glasses of wine and a quick discussion on where to go for the next girls’ trip.

The Louvre’s restoration of La Maestà has shed new light on the painter’s techniques and influences, while a new exhibition ...

the Italian painter Cimabue has been overshadowed by his more famous pupil Giotto, who—with his attention to naturalism and perspective—is widely credited with ushering in the Renaissance.

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 ...

Researchers believe they have found the site where Alexander the Great's troops fought the Battle of the Granicus. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

From the most to least famous, these are ten great paintings dedicated to ancient Greek myths or containing references to them. 1. The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli, the great Italian painter of ...

The Renaissance came later to Prague than to Venice, Flanders, or Rome. But it was no less transformative when it did. In the 16th century Prague became a place where empires converged and cultures ...