In 1594, a newly ordained young cardinal, Odoardo Farnese – the recent beneficiary of a tremendous fortune – commissioned the ...

What exact statement Hadrian wanted to make with his villa has been the subject of debate since the Renaissance, when the great artists of Italy—including Raphael and Michelangelo—studied it.

Then there are the inveterate students of human nature: Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo ... have put some critics in mind of a latter-day Renaissance Annunciation. Old Master allusions like this ...

The Italian Renaissance is, perhaps the most famous period in history. In Caprarola, there is building that embodies all that ...

Michelangelo’s Chicken presents ... Sautéed mushrooms add earthy notes, jalapeños contribute a controlled heat, and melted mozzarella brings everything together under a creamy canopy. Like its ...

As an academic and prolific writer, he has published several books including A History of the Word in Twelve Maps (2013) and The Renaissance Bazaar: From the Silk Road to Michelangelo ... has ...

In Laurent Binet’s new novel, Michelangelo and others grapple with the fallout from a scandalous painting. If you think ...

Countercurrent to the striking silhouettes and strict angles that once defined the modern furniture and decor industry, ...

the first of his Renaissance marble masterpieces, now installed at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Bruni explained that Michelangelo spent long stretches in these hills in search of perfect blocks ...

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