The stunning frescoes are attributed to Italian Baroque painter Carlo Maratta and his pupils, Girolamo Troppa and François ...

How a rarely-seen drawing of the Three Graces by Raphael reveals the era's ideas about nudity, modesty, shame – and the ...

In the 16th century, Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo spurred an idiosyncratic trend in portraiture, elaborating on the symbolism of fruits, animals, and objects by arranging them ...

An extremely rare first edition of Niccolò Machiavelli’s famous political manual “The Prince” is going up for auction, with ...

As a new exhibition celebrates the works that defined the Italian Renaissance ... s David sat in the Palazzo della Signoria until the 19th century Credit: AFP The 17ft-high statue was suspended ...

As the last few auburn trees in our neighborhood park shed their leaves to give way to winter, we received an invitation from a family friend to meet up at Tarrytown, north of New York City.

Enjoy a luxurious retreat at L’Albereta, an elegant 19th-century villa in Lombardy’s Franciacorta area. Book now with Wexas ...

Discover the UNESCO-listed Byzantine churches of Troodos, Cyprus, showcasing stunning frescoes and rich religious heritage.

The Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli ... which was in an Italian library until the middle of the 19th century and passed through several hands before being acquired by an English ...

The celebrated documentarian turns his lens on the great Renaissance polymath, with mixed results.

Titled “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350,” the show features more than 100 artworks made just before the Italian Renaissance ... arrived on the scene a century later would look so ...

Creole Italian food has a particular slant in New Orleans, informed by a wealth of Gulf seafood and the local creed that more — sauce, cheese, cheese on seafood — is better. The city’s influx of ...