More than $850 million — that’s the estimated value of the legendary Mona Lisa painting. Nevertheless, one of the most famous paintings and an iconic Renaissance art piece is not for sale.

A Fanciful History of Fairies in Art, From Renaissance Depictions to Romantic Shakespearean Visions We trace these magical, miniature beings through centuries of art and culture. Richard Dadd ...

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 ...

Great Art Explained began in May 2020 with the simple premise that great art can be explained clearly and concisely in 15 ...

But if certain E.T. proponents are to be believed, this fascination with the existence of aliens stretches back further in history. Their evidence? Cave paintings, Nazca lines, prehistoric ...

Art Art history, not air pollution, explains changes in Monet’s paintings. Art isn’t science. A new study clouds the facts.

On X, these photos are all dubbed "Renaissance paintings" due to their varying degrees of resemblance to the work of 15th century Italian masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo ...

How Renaissance Siena changed art history forever on x ... The first reassembly since then of eight surviving back predella paintings chronicling Christ’s youth will be an exhibition highlight.

The Harlem Renaissance changed the world. We’ve gathered dozens of images, many that we’ve never published, showing the people and the art that they created. By The New York Times By The New ...

Our Art History program offers courses in a wide variety of topics and subject areas. You can explore modern and contemporary art and urban design around the world, Chinese and Japanese painting, arts ...

Art history, once a staple in every college humanities curriculum, is now seen as elitist and futile. With Donald Trump back in the White House, the arts are more at risk than ever.

European art and architecture—ancient, medieval, early modern (Renaissance, Baroque), modern and contemporary; Art and architecture of Asia and the Americas (Pre-Columbian, colonial Latin American, ..