An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long forgotten—but still viable to grow and consume ...

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo, features iconic scenes and represents the pinnacle of Renaissance artistry. San Salvi Monastery features frescoes by Ghirlandaio, showcasing ...

representing a detailed technical manual on late Medieval and early Renaissance art, including the proportions of pigments and preparation for creating paintings, textile designs, and frescoes.

Both of these painters lived and worked during a period known as the Renaissance ... the grave robber who found and removed the frescoes in the early 1800s refused to share the precise location.

Villa Farnesina, a jewel of Renaissance architecture on the banks of the Tiber River, is best known for the frescoes by Raphael ... had the villa built in the early 16th century.

The School of Athens, one of the most famous frescoes by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael ... is the most profitable way to gain an understanding of the formation of early modern Europe and the ...