Art historians often wish that Renaissance painters could shell out secrets of the craft. Now, scientists may have cracked one using chemistry and physics. Around the turn of the 15th century in Italy ...

With its delicate brushwork and subtle depiction of light, there's no doubt 'Madonna of the Rose' is a work of genius. Created by Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, the painting depicts the baby ...

Each artist left behind their own distinctive mark on the painting, now housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Giovanni Bellini, Feast of the Gods (1514/1529). Courtesy of National ...

The Renaissance in painting is a unique art with no analogs anymore. We have collected for you 5 legendary Renaissance paintings. Their popularity has not faded for hundreds of years. Legends have ...

Renaissance oil paintings can be found in museums across the world, but many of the manuscripts are so fragile they have never been displayed in public. The Royal Academy show reveals an unexpected ...

A Renaissance painting once stolen from a nobleman’s home in southwest England and found at a bus stop in London may sell for $32 million at an art auction next month. Tiziano Vecellio’s early ...