Scientists are starting to understand more about the small heart muscle fibers that Da Vinci showed in his illustrations over ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

Researchers have discovered a network of underground passages at the Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy. These passages, sketched ...

A series of underground passages have been found under Sforza Castle in Milan by experts at the city's Polytechnic University ...

A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace features over 150 Renaissance drawings by masters like Raphael, Michelangelo, and ...

Lapis lazuli, valued like gold, has a rich 6,000-year history. Its primary source is Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, where ...

This suit, most often named "Coins" or "Pentacles", is a symbol for a magical talisman that represented wealth or potential.

Featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others, a show at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace highlights ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...