I love art, and though Renaissance art isn't my favorite, I always find myself utterly and completely floored by its level of ...

Workers uncovered elaborate frescoes hidden behind a mantel in a church. The glittering works of art are revealing more about ...

A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace features over 150 Renaissance drawings by masters like Raphael, Michelangelo, and ...

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

Featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others, a show at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace highlights ...

This painting was holding a centuries-old secret that art historians were thrilled to find. A close examination of "Ecce Homo" by Renaissance artist Titian revealed another painting underneath.

An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long forgotten—but still viable to grow and consume ...