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

Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

Lasting fascination with the artist means that Michelangelo fans looking for their fix rarely have to wait long before a ...

The UK government has placed an export bar on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Sandro Botticelli valued at £10.2m. The work, ...

A temporary export bar has been placed on a painting of the Virgin Mary by Italian painter, Sandro Botticelli The work has ...

The government has banned a Botticelli painting worth more than £10m from being exported outside the UK. The Virgin and Child ...

PARIS — Long lionized as the first breakthrough painter of the early Renaissance ... Cimabue, “The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child enthroned by six angels, known as the Maestà,” detail ...

Religious pilgrimages are arguably enjoying a level of popularity today that hasn’t been seen since medieval times when ...

These days, when we come to art through memes ... apparently in bliss. Mary Magdalene’s ecstasy was a familiar theme in Medieval/ Renaissance painting, which usually showed her being pierced by the ...

The Basilica of St. Mary Major is one of the four major papal basilicas located in Rome and the largest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the city ... a showcase of early Christian art. These ...