History has the annoying tendency to forget things. Whole civilizations produced works that continue to amaze us today, ...

The Renaissance, often hailed as one of the most transformative periods in human history, gave rise to an unparalleled ...

Groundbreaking statues, paintings, and architecture—humanism in Florence and beyond. Around 1400, Europe rediscovered the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome. This rebirth of classical culture ...

The Spanish-born, Hague-based painter Lita Cabellut’s impassioned portraits sometimes depict cultural figures who have nestled their way into her imagination, like Frida Kahlo and Coco Chanel. Other ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s first commissions are a great way to explore his early painting techniques. As a young artist, Leonardo da Vinci helped advance the art of single-point linear perspective, which ...

Martino is the artist-in-residence at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and a professor at Northeastern University. He and his collaborator Luca Stornaiuolo, a researcher at the Polytechnic University of ...

One could say that some paintings in the exhibition “Siena: The Rising of Painting, 1300-1350” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York are movie stills and posters. They look like photographs ...

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England has raised $4.48 million ($5.8 million) to acquire a Crucifixion painting by the renowned Renaissance painter Fra Angelico (ca. 1400–1455). This acquisition ...

Art-loving audience gathered for conversation honoring Harlem Renaissance artist Dox Thrash, his journey and talent, and ...