14th-Century Illustration of Venice Is the Oldest Found Yet
The drawing accompanied one friar’s first-person account of a trip from Venice to Jerusalem and Egypt
Raphael’s Madonnas Come Together in Berlin Exhibition
Seven artworks on display at the Gemäldegalerie museum highlight the unique sensibilities Raphael brought to an iconic devotional scene
The Smithsonian’s Ten Splashiest New Acquisitions of 2019
This year marks the arrival of a brilliant diamond, a hybrid space rocket, exciting paintings and two darling clouded leopard cubs
Artificial Intelligence Reveals Second Playwright’s Contributions to Shakespeare’s ‘Henry VIII’
Scholars have long suspected the play, written in 1613, was a collaborative effort. Now, an algorithm has mapped out who wrote what
Visitors Can Watch the Restoration of Michelangelo’s ‘Bandini Pietà’
The artist once took a sledgehammer to the sculpture, which is now housed at a museum in Florence
An Unidentified Botticelli Painting Spent Decades Hidden in Welsh Museum’s Storeroom
The newly attributed masterpiece was previously believed to be a crude copy of the artist’s work
Why Viewers Are Drawn to Renaissance Artists’ Go-To Pose
A new study finds that the contrapposto stance reduces the waist-to-hip ratio, an attribute popularly associated with attractiveness
Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Found Hanging Above Woman’s Hot Plate Sells for $26.8 Million
Experts say the panel painting was created by Florentine artist Cimabue around 1280
Leonardo’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ Is Headed to the Louvre Despite Italian Scholars’ Protests
Some researchers say the roughly 530-year-old drawing is too fragile, light-sensitive to travel
Renaissance Nun’s ‘Last Supper’ Painting Makes Public Debut After 450 Years in Hiding
The 21-foot canvas, created by self-taught artist and nun Plautilla Nelli, is now on view in Florence
Scientists Prove Leonardo da Vinci’s 500-Year-Old Bridge Design Actually Works
A model created at MIT shows the bridge, which would have been 10 times longer than typical ones, could have spanned the Golden Horn
Student Discovers Secret Acrostic in Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’
A Tufts University undergraduate spotted three interlocking instances of the word “FALL” in Book 9 of the epic poem
The Man Who Mentored da Vinci Receives First U.S. Retrospective
National Gallery of Art spotlights Andrea del Verrocchio, a skilled sculptor and painter whose individual accomplishments have long been overlooked
Imaging Reveals Leonardo da Vinci Wrestled With the Composition of ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’
Two underdrawings detected using high-tech imaging techniques show he altered the figures twice before painting
Statue of St. George Undergoes ‘Unrestoration’ to Salvage Botched Paint Job
A 2018 restoration attempt left the 16th-century statue looking like a cartoon character
Art Historian Says He Has Identified the Earliest Known Michelangelo Drawing
The sketch, now on view in Budapest, likely dates to between 1487 and 1490
What Differentiates Renaissance Copies, Fakes and Reproductions?
An Austin exhbition argues that copies, despite the negative connotations associated with the word, are not inferior to so-called “originals”
DNA Analysis Could Prove if This Lock of Hair Belonged to Leonardo da Vinci
Researchers will compare results of DNA test to genetic material extracted from artist’s living descendants and his alleged remains
Experts Think This ‘Nude Mona Lisa’ Could Have Been Drawn by Leonardo da Vinci
Previously attributed to his students, close examination of the charcoal drawing shows a left-handed artist created most of the artwork
Explore France’s Loire Valley in the Footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci
Five centuries after his death, visitors can pay homage to the artist at these sites in central France where he spent his final years
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