A time dominated by the likes of Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Botticelli, the Italian Renaissance was a stunning period for art. A new website from Oxford University Press’s Grove Art Online ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will open a landmark exhibition dedicated to Renaissance master Raphael next year. It marks the museum's latest blockbuster for Italian Renaissance art, ...

Raphael’s sweet Madonnas set a new standard in High Renaissance painting. Raphael combined the grace of Leonardo, the power of Michelangelo, and the humanist spirit of the age. The master of High ...

To plan or to improvise? This was, in broad strokes, a vital question facing 16th-century Italian painters. Florentine artists favored careful design, a process that began with disegno, drawing. Their ...

What’s old is new again in a special exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art connecting Italian early modern art with contemporary fashions from Versace, Armani, Ferragamo and others. Hoop skirts, ...

A renowned painting by Raphael, the Madonna della Rosa (Madonna of the Rose), has been scrutinized by AI, revealing that the Italian Renaissance painter may not have created the face of Joseph in the ...