As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the ...

Luxury watches, a collection of 20th century military uniforms, and a very expensive piano — these are just a few of the ...

What began as a set of playing cards evolved into tools of divination that continue to captivate modern generations, but our ...

Fine Art Images ... as a 19th-century object and purchased at a Portobello Road antiques flea market in London for $100 that turned out to be a work by 15th-century Italian sculptor Verrocchio.

1948), reproduction of a photographic print, Center for Italian Renaissance Studies ... manuscripts, and art. Upon entering, the exhibition sets the scene of Greene’s New York: Svenska ...

Work to prepare the Sistine Chapel for the gathering of the cardinals to elect a new pope has begun. The building in Vatican ...

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century. However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II ...

The earliest known decks appeared in 15th-century Italy, exquisitely hand ... s ‘Origins & Afterlives’ until 30 April. The Renaissance imagery of these early Milanese decks is core to ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday in St Peter’s Square. Until then, his body, kept in an open coffin, will ...

As a European Renaissance art historian, I study the evolving image of Jesus Christ ... from identifying with the human suffering of Christ to commenting on one’s own creative power. The 15th-century ...

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...