It is part of a "Crooked and Obscene Tour." What that means is open to interpretation, but part of the statue’s anatomy is quite curved.

Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight ... learned and inventive Italian Renaissance master may have been in ...

"Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is more than just a pre-history of the Italian ...

Whether you admire the emotional canvases of the Italian Renaissance or get curious about contemporary art installations, art ...

Evan Halter’s use of collage in his trompe l’oeil paintings is about loss and our inability to see the actual world in all ...

A new analysis suggests that the piece was created by several artists working in the Italian Renaissance painter's studio—and ...

The best hotels in Prague marry modernity and history, from spa retreats in historical buildings to sleek hideaways steps ...

Rich in honey-hued basilica's and elaborately decorated baroque cathedrals, the Southern Italian city of Lecce is often ...

Rich in honey-hued basilica's and elaborately decorated baroque cathedrals, the Southern Italian city of Lecce is often ...

The series kicks off with “A Woman’s Place: Artists Confront Domesticity” on Sunday. This lecture looks at artists who pushed ...

“Virgin Mary, Infant Christ, and the Young St. John the Baptist” (c. 1510), which hung in the church of Saint Félix at ...

Why Francesco Clemente, Robert Longo, and Agnes Denes, among others, are making the move from the studio to the dining room.