Cammy Brothers

London’s National Gallery mounts a small but delightful show about the 15th-century painter who, in his work for the Medici and other leading families, encapsulated the best of his era’s artistic achievements.

How three mathematicians–with help from the pope–effectively founded the field of modern engineering.

An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art reunites the components of several works from the era—which were often double-sided or fitted with movable covers—and thus reveals deeper meanings rich with symbolism and ambiguity.

‘If women are more beautiful than men,’ the poet Lucrezia Marinella asked, ‘who can deny that they are more remarkable?’

The Italian Baroque painter’s final canvas distills the story of a 4th-century massacre into a single haunting instant, shrouded in near-darkness.

Classical architecture harks back to Greco-Roman building traditions—and has a stubborn association with political power.

A sweeping show at the Met focuses on the Tuscan city’s pivotal role in Renaissance art, where painters such as Duccio and Simone Martini depicted religious scenes in vibrant detail and with stirring emotional acuity.

A sweeping show at the Met focuses on the Tuscan city’s pivotal role in Renaissance art, where painters such as Duccio and Simone Martini depicted religious scenes in vibrant detail and with stirring emotional acuity.

An exhibition at London’s Royal Academy focuses on a time when the three Renaissance artists were all in Florence, developing their ideas and responding to each other’s work.

Featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others, a show at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace highlights the period’s works on paper—which, though frequently preparatory, stand as works of art in their own right.