Fresco by Giovanni Cimabue in the Lower Basilica of Assisi. Credit: Cimabue, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 One of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in European history is the significant impact of ...

Moretto canvas was on display in Brescia when the accident occurred. A 16th-century painting by Renaissance artist Moretto was damaged after a museum visitor in the northern Italian city of Brescia ...

She uses archives, Renaissance paintings and a car she drives across the Italian countryside. Her passion isn’t just cultural. She says our global food supply may well be at stake. From ...

Hallstatt, Austria Nestled between serene mountains and a crystal-clear lake, Hallstatt is a picturesque village that feels ...

This pursuit of harmony was not limited to art and architecture. It extended to civic life, where the ideals of Greek philosophy were applied to governance. Philosophy and civic virtue: Ancient ideals ...

During the Renaissance, a period of artistic and intellectual awakening, painters developed innovative techniques that revolutionised the art world. These methods, driven by a desire to depict the ...

Instead, they are 16th-century Italian fantasies of beauty, recreating an ideal that was celebrated across art and literature of the era ... Imagery of two clasped hands is found on Renaissance rings ...

The story, told by Giorgio Vasari in his “Lives of the Painters”, has for centuries been the standard account of the origins of the Renaissance ... the origins of Italian painting”, which ...

Pasta, osso bucco, risotto, and pizza — the Las Vegas Valley is home to many Italian restaurants, ranging from the pricier ones on the Strip such as Carbone and Matteo’s at the Venetian to the ...

Conservators in London, England used infrared and X-ray imaging to reveal a never-before-seen portrait of a woman beneath a popular painting by renowned artist Pablo Picasso. The Courtauld ...