This time, it's the art of the Renaissance beyond Italy. From its springboard here in Florence, this cultural explosion spread far and wide, from Spain and Portugal to the Netherlands and Germany ...

Florence, a city where art, history, and culture collide in spectacular ways. Walk along the Ponte Vecchio and discover its centuries-old charm. The Piazza della Signoria is a must, filled with ...

a leading painter in sixteenth century Florence. Having apprenticed with Leonardo Da Vinci, Pontormo created paintings that represent a profound stylistic departure from the perspectival regularity, ...

In one unforgettable scene, Stewart recounts an amorous visit to Florence ... of Renaissance romance was diagnosable we’ll never know, and while Stewart didn’t dish on any other art-historical ...

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 ...

Museum staff have shared the history of a rare Italian renaissance ... Marco in Florence, where the artist, who was also a Dominican friar, lived. Today the former convent houses the art museum ...

The exhibition at the Met, which runs through Jan. 26, examines those years leading to the onset of the plague that killed millions in Europe around 1350 as an exceptional moment at the dawn of the ...

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 ...