While Florence is often positioned as the center of the Renaissance by art historians, Siena was the site of a phenomenal artistic innovation and activity 1300-1350. Others think that Siena ushered in ...

Ashmolean director Dr Xa Sturgis described the painting as "both very calm, but also very charged" Museum staff have shared the history of a rare Italian renaissance painting they managed to save ...

Florence combines world-class art, stunning views, and delicious cuisine, making it a memorable destination with history and ...

Italy's frescoes provide unique insights into cultural, religious, and intellectual history, showcasing the nation's artistic ...

The passageway—known as the Vasari Corridor—connects Florence’s lush Boboli Gardens to the world-famous Uffizi Galleries, an art museum ... Giorgio Vasari, a Renaissance artist, architect ...

Bundled into a hay-basket, his corpse was smuggled to Florence for a magnificent funeral. The artist's life story became the climax of Vasari's art history textbook - “The Lives of the Artists”.

It was a moment when three of the world’s most famous artists – Michelangelo ... this miraculous year at the high point of ...

You will be based in Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance and seat of the House of Medici, whose patronage was pivotal to academic and artistic progress. Accompanied by art historian and ...

London has served up a sumptuous Italian Renaissance feast ... The Royal Academy of Art’s (RA) exhibition Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504, the subject of this review, takes ...