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 ...

A show at the Louvre expands our understanding of the Florentine father of Western painting, who brought a revelatory ...

A groundbreaking show at the Louvre dedicated to the medieval painter Cimabue includes an exceptionally rare panel discovered ...

The Genesis of the Sistine exhibit, running through May 28, 2025, includes some works that have never been seen in the United ...

Drawing the Italian Renaissance features over one hundred and fifty pieces created between 1450 and 1600 by more than eighty artists. These artists include such Renaissance masters as Raphael, ...

If you go to Italy, or to the Italian Renaissance galleries of an art museum, you may find yourself wondering how artists of the time created work of such refinement and complexity. What were the ...

The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently uncovered a ...