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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Renaissance geopolitics were notoriously convoluted, but the basic history can be neatly told: In 1524, Francis I of France led his forces into Italy. The Holy Roman Empire and France were the two ...

Though the cathedral’s history is traced to 980, the current Baroque structure was built ... There is a collection of cribs, sacred art from different periods, cathedral treasures, etc ...

Ted Thornhill explains that what connects all these properties, from New York to Tokyo via England's Lake District, is that they combine charm, luxury and incredible service to leave guests spellbound ...

From German escapes and English stately home hotels to Italian retreats and Swiss stays, these are the top European hotels to ...

A sprawling Baroque-style palace nestled amid parkland in the village of Drogosze, in the north of Poland, Château de ...

During the Renaissance and Baroque periods, perfume bottles became increasingly refined. Glassmakers in Venice, particularly on the island of Murano, perfected the art of glassblowing and created ...