Nestled in the heart of Tuscany, Florence is a city of firsts: it was the birthplace of the Renaissance, home to artistic geniuses like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and the spot where the ...

With a major exhibition taking place at the V&A from next month, Renaissance Art is being given, well, a bit of a renaissance (‘scuse the pun) for a modern-day audience. Michelozzo, An Adoring Angel, ...

"Drawing is both the most central and the most elusive of the key artistic methods," said Waldemar Januszczak in The Sunday Times. It is central because all art starts with it: we've all had a go at ...

Andrea della Robbia, “Prudence” (1475), glazed terracotta, overall: 64 3/4 inches (courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest) The terracotta sculptures of the della Robbia ...

Italy offers countless incredible destinations, but Florence stands out as something special. We spent a few days in this Tuscan city during our trip to Italy, and it quickly became one of our ...

Travel through Florence to discover how the city invented the art of magnificence. Renaissance Florence was the birthplace of the modern world and is home to many of its greatest artistic treasures.

One could say that some paintings in the exhibition “Siena: The Rising of Painting, 1300-1350” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York are movie stills and posters. They look like photographs ...