Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild visions: detail of Andromeda Freed by Perseus (with Perseus Slaying the Dragon) by Piero di Cosimo - VCG Wilson/Corbis via ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. The Renaissance, often hailed as one of the most transformative periods in human history, gave rise to ...

The University of Wisconsin School of Human Ecology unveiled its newest exhibition, ‘Remaking the Renaissance,’ curated by Textile Specialist and Research director for the Helen Louise Allen Textile ...

“The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” on view at the Met. Photo: Courtesy The Met Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen The first thing you’re likely to read about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ...

If you show a picture of Michelangelo’s statue of David, one of the most familiar works in art history, to a room full of schoolchildren they may smirk or giggle over the figure’s naked body. It only ...

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A time dominated by the likes of Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Botticelli, the Italian Renaissance was a stunning period for art. A new website from Oxford University Press’s Grove Art Online ...

With a major exhibition taking place at the V&A from next month, Renaissance Art is being given, well, a bit of a renaissance (‘scuse the pun) for a modern-day audience. Michelozzo, An Adoring Angel, ...

The prodigal son kneels among pigs, surrounded by buildings in a wretched state of disrepair; their dilapidation mirrors the son's physical and spiritual destitution. The setting is the village of ...

“1533 – Dragons over Bohemia” (all images from “The Book of Miracles,” courtesy Taschen) In 1533, hundreds of dragons were reported to darken the skies over Bohemia, following a 1506 sighting of a ...

You need not be a fashion aficionado to recognize names such as Versace, Valentino and Armani. They are but a few of the famous fashion names, along with Ferragamo, Capucci, Buccellati, Bvlgari, Ferré ...