Books
The Beautiful Pagan Soul of Piero di Cosimo
A new book provides an ideal introduction to a Renaissance painter largely known only to specialists, but who was counted among the most important of his generation.
Renaissance art
Art
The Mutual Fascinations of the Low Countries and Muslim-Majority Lands
Imagine Me and You encourages quiet contemplation of the juxtapositions and adaptations between the regions from 1450 to 1750.
News
Major Botticelli Show to Include Newly Attributed Works
The Legion of Honor in San Francisco says it’s the first exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance artist’s drawings.
News
Researchers Use Facial Recognition to Identify Raphael Work
The controversial technology determined that the so-called de Brécy Tondo is an original by the Italian Renaissance master.
Art
Appreciating the Virgin Mary's Stinging Side-Eye
Pontormo's "Visitation" is an obvious masterpiece of Renaissance art, but can we also appreciate the edgier aspects of this visionary Mannerist's work?
Interview
The Woman Who Dedicated Her Life to Uncovering the Female Artists of the Italian Renaissance
Jane Fortune once fell in love with the Renaissance artist Plautilla Nelli at a Florence book fair. She's since devoted her life to uncovering and restoring the great works of hitherto unknown women painters of the last six centuries.
Art
Sin Like It’s the 16th Century in a Game that Remixes Renaissance Art
Forgive me, for I have sinned. I peeped at a lady's ankle through an open window and carved an idol in my own image.
Books
The Radiance of the French Renaissance in Miniature
While the grandest glories of the French Renaissance were the elaborate castles circling Paris and adorning the Loire Valley, down in Central France a much smaller art form flourished.
Art
Remixing the Renaissance as GIFs
By now it's become a familiar trope: Photoshop or GIF something historical, say, Old Masters or old photographs. But just because it's been done doesn't mean it's been done best. And the elaborate GIFs that James Kerr makes from early Northern Renaissance paintings are a hilariously new take on the
Books
Renaissance Art of the End Times Revealed in Rediscovered Apocalyptic Book
In 1533, hundreds of dragons were reported to darken the skies over Bohemia, following a 1506 sighting of a blinding bright comet slicing over the sky. Were these foreboding occurrences signs of the apocalypse, or just a lot of Renaissance hearsay?
Art
Exposing the Secrets, Scandals, and Art of the Italian Renaissance
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 and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC gives an introduction to this world.
Opinion
First Western Painting of Native Americans Discovered at the Vatican
During the recent restoration of Pinturicchio's Resurrection fresco (1494) on the wall of the Hall of Mysteries in the Borgia Apartment at the Vatican has revealed what may be the first images of Native Americans in European art.