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 ...

And the fact that the paintings are 700 years old adds to their verisimilitude. The exhibition at the Met, which runs through Jan. 26, examines those years leading to the onset of the plague that ...

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 ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. By Zachary Small The National ...

In 1962, he made a donation to the Los Angeles Music Center that led to the Mark Taper Forum being named in his honor. “We will be able to bring to campus many different kinds of art from ...

A striking work of art depicting a violinist playing in a South Bristol street has been named as one of the best new pieces of street art in the world, after it was named as a nominee in the ‘Best of ...

Brenau University hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Renaissance Park on September 17. Representatives from Brenau, the City of Gainesville, and the Melvin Douglas and Victoria Kay Ivester ...