It only lasted a few hours. It was really a rout. But the Battle of Pavia, which changed the balance of power in Europe, was an event of such sweeping action and teeming complexity that perhaps only a ...

Filmmaker and Star Wars creator George Lucas is planning to open a museum dedicated to narrative art. But what is narrative ...

Works by Jeff Koons and Picasso go on view at the Alhambra in Spain, revealing how both artists were influenced by the past.

In 1978, he opened the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, a bold imposing block of ... “I’ve called him as close to a Renaissance man as we’ve had in the White House in modern times ...

AI reveals St. Joseph’s face in Raphael’s Madonna della Rosa was likely painted by someone else. The rest matches Raphael’s ...

Discover how an art enthusiast can turn their space into a personal museum, an animal lover into a sanctuary of connection with nature, a music devotee into an environment that resonates with their ...

To learn more about this icon of French history, architecture, and opulence, AD chatted with Mathieu da Vinha, director of ...

Today’s billionaires collect fast cars and yachts to impress, but in the Italian Renaissance ... and stuccoed rooms jam-packed with Baroque art, including masterpieces by Titian, Correggio ...

Impasto is a popular painting technique usually employed with oil and acrylic paint. Artists use thick brushstrokes to imitate texture or create three-dimensional, almost sculptural effects in their ...

Completing the project long beset by shifting priorities, periods of neglect and most ... Pinacoteca's collection that is rich in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art taken from areas conquered ...

The residency, now a nonprofit, has enriched the local art ... Reynolds, Baroque masterpieces by Rubens and Annibale Carracci and religious depictions from the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Jaime Muñoz is a keen cultural observer. A conversation with him veers from art history, the commercialization of ...