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 ...

Far from simply another opportunity to admire the beautiful people, 'The Renaissance Nude' at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles presents timely conversations carried over through the centuries.

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The Black Arts Movement of the 1970s. Breaking down stereotypes of all kinds. Speaking truth to power. In selecting 10 great moments in the history of art by ...

No, it wasn't Manet, with his "Luncheon on the Grass" in 1863, which is what we were taught in art-history class. It wasn't even, as many critics have said lately, J.M.W. Turner in England a ...

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 ...

Art history lets you explore the aesthetic qualities of art through the framework of a piece’s historical, ... 200 Chinese paintings in the Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection and a sizeable number of ...