Renaissance Art

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

At Padua's Piazza delle Erbe, the market is closed, the merchants are gone, and shadows have replaced harsh ...

Around the year 1500, the northern Italian artist Andrea Mantegna painted a scene of the “Adoration of the ...

The Middle Ages were coming to an end. Its art presented holy beings in a golden, heavenly realm. ...

Those interested in Renaissance art will soon become familiar with the name Giorgio Vasari, Florentine architect, artist, and ...

Few cities capture the romantic imagination quite like Venice, and its winding canals, picturesque buildings, and shimmering lagoon ...

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

An Interview with New Masters Academy Founder Joshua Jacobo Many of us have been inspired to pick up ...

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

NEW YORK—The New Year is synonymous with new beginnings, resolutions, and growth. You look to your past to ...

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND—As he paints, David Owain Jones sometimes feels he's trying to figure out exactly why he ...

Georgian Artist Niko Chocheli has dedicated his life to learning, teaching, and conveying beauty onto canvas, paper, and ...

NEW YORK—I recently visited The Metropolitan Museum’s ongoing exhibition “In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces.”  As I was just about to leave, ...

FLORENCE, Italy—If you are lucky, you may hear this workshop before you see it. Dulcet sounds have been ...

There’s a prevailing attitude among some art enthusiasts that art that isn’t contemporary isn’t relevant. The Metropolitan Museum ...

A survey by the Society for Creative Anachronism Inc. asked fair performers why they were compelled to participate ...

Caernarfon Castle, which dates back to 1284, welcomed the Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition on August ...