1497–1543), court painter to Henry VIII, is the first in more than a century. This definitive account breathes new ... Update - Well done to all of you who got in touch to point out this is a painting ...

16th-century royal regalia unearthed in Vilnius Cathedral crypt Artefacts include crowns, rings, chains, and burial ornaments Treasures belonged to Alexander Jagiellon and two queens ...

This tondo (a circular work of art) is a masterly demonstration of technical skill, conceptual invention and cheeky ambition. Only 9 1/2 inches in diameter, it has exercised an outsize power on ...

Over the past year, a comparatively obscure 19th-century painting by a little-known French-German artist has captured the imagination of audiences across social media, drawing viewers in through ...

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The painting, originally displayed in the church of San Francesco in Pisa, depicts the Virgin Mary and the Christ ... setting a new record for a pre-16th-century artwork. The Louvre acquired ...

Many art historians see this as a standard European depiction of Mary, typical of the 16th century. But within the past several decades some church scholars have begun to interpret the visual ...

145 The section on Gothic b indings focuses on artifacts made between the 14th and 15th centuries, when the art of bookbinding ... (in Hebrew), ms. 15th century, in-oct., Ms. Parm. 1832 The ...

It’s all too easy to be swept up in the momentum of those around us rather than pausing to develop our own values ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

The death of Marianne Faithfull last week at the age of 78 has got me thinking again about female beauty. The obituaries were ...