Renaissance

FOR Paolo Mazza, the Palazzo Bardi was supposed to be just another project at work. Read More

Rub your bleary eyes from the long weekend and dive into the latest news. Read More

Replace stadium seating and ushers with a gym floor and classroom teachers, and it would be easy to think Flocktown Road School turned into the home of a Broadway show on Thursday. Read More

A highlight of any visit to Rome is Vatican City and its Sistine Chapel, but anyone who has done so recently knows the crowds can be overwhelming. Read More

The Leiden Choirbooks are a collection, not of 18th century sonatas but of 16th century polyphonic motets and masses. Read More

His self-portraits are arresting, but it was the breadth and availability of his work that keeps Albrecht Dürer near the top of the list of Renaissance Era artists. Read More

Considered one of the most complex paintings in the history of western art, The Arnolfini Portrait executed in 1434 by the Flemish master Jan Van Eyck continues to intrigue art historians and art lovers alike. Read More

Twenty years after painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo sparked hot dispute with his enormous fresco, The Last Judgment. Read More