This drama-documentary series offers an account of three of Italy’s monumental artists—Leonardo, Raphael and, as played by ...

The celebrated Battle of Pavia tapestries, on loan from Italy, are now touring the United States.

Photo: Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty details the lives of three artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, portrayed here ...

Michelangelo, Painter The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge ...

I love an excuse to revisit an old favourite, even better when it offers a way of enjoying it in a new light. The Royal ...

Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty explores the lives of three rival artists - Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael – who created seductively beautiful works of art during an age of violence ...

During the Renaissance in Italy, there was only one: Michelangelo. A celebrity during his lifetime, between 1475 and 1564, Michelangelo had fans who worshipped him as an artist, and his aesthetic ...

With around 160 works on paper by more than 80 artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and the Carracci brothers, as well as less familiar names, this exhibition of works from ...

The great Renaissance artist Michelangelo signed only one of his works, the Pieta. The reason he signed it was simple, according to his biographer: He overheard people attributing the work to ...

Michelangelo was no longer a friend to this Medici Pope. In 1530 the artist had cowered beneath the tombs he had built for the Medici cousins, as Pope Clement VII laid siege to Florence.