Italian renaissance

The Florentine artist Fra Filippo Lippi explored marriage traditions in Renaissance Italy's first composed double portrait.

A young lady portraitist captures the young Massimiliano Stampa II (the third marquess) of Soncino, a small city ...

The 15th-century artist Giovanni Bellini, beloved for his serene style, is being fêted at the Jacquemart-André Museum in ...

In 1504, the young and ambitious Spanish artist Alonso Berruguete arrived in Italy with an aspiration to become ...

Andrea Palladio. You may not know his name, but you have definitely seen the High Renaissance architect’s influence ...

By the infinite flood of evils which had laid prostrate and submerged poor Italy there had not only ...

It is an extraordinary thing that in all those arts and all those exercises wherein at any time ...

The interview with Vincent Delieuvin below has been edited for brevity and clarity. This subject, this composition, “The ...

My earliest memories of Italy are of Venice. In such a strange and magical world, I felt like ...

Their artworks are icons of Italy and their names are among the most well-known in the art world: ...

In every sound of the violin there is the breathing of its trees. —Antonio Stradivari, luthier The story ...

Florence is a city of secrets. As you walk through the ancient streets, large wooden doors open, revealing ...

The pietà is a common theme throughout the history of Western art; it refers to a work of ...

Art of today possibly would not be what it is without the Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli. Around 600 ...

FLORENCE, Italy—The Brancacci Chapel of Santa Maria Carmine in Florence is where you’ll find one of the most ...

Rare, sublime art is on show in San Diego, in an exhibition titled “Christ: Life, Death, and Resurrection." ...

Who better to paint biblical scenes than someone who had devoted her life to God. Sister Plautilla Nelli ...

Every year since 1768, the Summer Exhibition has been held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. ...

A touch of Renaissance elegance can be found not only inside Florida’s state museum but also within its ...

Two “noble, imposing” apostles by Domenico Beccafumi first introduced Naoko Takahatake, the curator of prints and drawings at ...

On the Brink of Death Now hath my life across a stormy sea Like a frail bark reached ...

Some of the rarest prints of the Italian Renaissance have come together for a comprehensive American show. “The ...