Discover the beauty of Renaissance paintings, where art, realism, and storytelling blend to create timeless masterpieces that continue to inspire today. Read on.

In front of it, Fra Angelico’s altar panels from San Domenico ... ‘Gold’ and ‘Looking at Nature’, allow for different art-historical lenses. The latter contains some tiny landscape ...

Through his office, Leo XIV becomes proprietor in trust of the great art and architectural treasures ... Chapel adorned with frescoes by Fra Angelico; and the Raphael apartments, or stanze ...

To celebrate its 200th anniversary, London’s National Gallery has recently revamped its Sainsbury Wing, a transformation that has taken three years and $113 million.

Originally known as the Cappella Maggiore (the “greater chapel,” as Pope Sixtus had another smaller chapel also for his use; that one was painted by Fra Angelico), the chapel was decorated ...

A virgin birth—true story or fantastical allegory? Whatever your beliefs, you can’t deny that an immaculate conception is a terrific tale! The Annunciation is a key event in the Christian biblical ...

Founded in 1889 by Jeanne Lanvin, Lanvin is widely celebrated as the oldest surviving French fashion house still in operation ...

The U.K. government has temporarily barred the export of a $13.5 million Botticelli, hoping to save the rare early work for ...

The exhibition’s titular themes of sex and solitude are explored through drawings, paintings, photography, embroidery, ...