This self-guided short tour will take you on a journey from Italy to Northern Europe and showcases five examples of early and High Renaissance art by masters such as Leonardo, Raphael and Titian.

Our critic Margaret Carrigan goes through the 10 most famous works by Michelangelo. Which are the greatest? And which is the ...

Alistair Pegg, BBC Arts commissioning editor, said: “We’re delighted to offer a new perspective on the Renaissance, as this ...

“We’re delighted to offer a new perspective on the Renaissance, as this series explores how some of the most famous achievements in Western art emerged out of a dark time of war and political ...

To plan or to improvise? This was, in broad strokes, a vital question facing 16th-century Italian painters. Florentine artists favored careful design, a process that began with disegno, drawing.

And the fact that the paintings are 700 years old adds to their verisimilitude. The exhibition at the Met, which runs through Jan. 26, examines those years leading to the onset of the plague that ...

355). In considering how Renaissance paintings would have been framed originally, Penny illustrates several Italian altarpiece frames from the first two decades of the 16th century. The earliest is ...

Its show "The Angels Sang with Mirth & Glee" will ... so mostly medieval and Renaissance music," Art Sheinberg said. "It's become a big tradition. Early music, for some reason, goes well with ...

A massive fire heavily damaged a historic downtown Los Angeles building that once housed the iconic Morrison Hotel, made ...

Imagine sipping red wine at the cafe in Southern France that inspired Van Gogh’s “Terrace of a Cafe at Night,” or strolling down the quaint street in Stockbridge, Massachusetts that’s featured in ...