An exhibition at London’s Wallace Collection is exploring the art of timekeeping by showcasing five breathtaking clocks ...
Luke Abrahams is dazzled by Villa Sola Cabiati, one of the most magnificent villas on Lake Como Review: Villa Sola Cabiati, ...
In certain fields (literacy, education, the importance of literature and art), some of the eastern countries may score ... Beginning in Italy, the Renaissance (and later the Baroque) conquered the ...
Although later typecast as Baroque obstacles to be overcome by the Enlightenment, these academics arranged knowledge in dynamic infrastructures that encouraged its further advancement in later ...
When enlightenment was cool. Detail of The Weimar Courtyard of the Muses, 1860, by Theobald von Oer, depicts famous German poets Friedrich Shiller, at centre, and Goethe, to the right. Image via ...
Five ornate 18th-century clocks attributed to André-Charles Boulle, the furniture maker to the glamorous court of Louis XIV ...
This week, writer Katie White discusses a movement she has identified within the contemporary art world that revives the ...
After the idealism of the Renaissance and mannerism - where artistic ‘rules’ were broken - came the drama of Baroque, which reflected the religious tensions of the age. The vivid power of Italian ...
Inside Palazzo Citterio, visitors are greeted by the monumental late 19th century painting “Human Flood,” by Giuseppe ...
Caravaggio's revolutionary style helped anticipate the Baroque period. However the sudden end of his dramatic and turbulent ...