Rosso Fiorentino's Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist is now on view in Met's European painting wing.

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 ...

Sandy Thibeault exhibits works that combine Renaissance-style technique with modern imagery at the Polasek Museum in Winter ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Simone Martini, “Christ on the Cross,” detail (1340); Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (photo Daniel Larkin/Hyperallergic) Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350, an examination of Siena’s ...

“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 ...