A masterpiece of the Bolognese Renaissance has returned to the city of its birth for the first time in 300 years. The exhibition at Bologna’s Palazzo Fava had previously closed early due to the ...

Bologna’s ruling family, the Bentivoglio, were active as patrons of the arts, although their hold on power proved less secure. In 1513, after a period of political unrest and a series of ...

The most versatile painting family in Italian history was the Carracci of 16th century Bologna, two brothers and a cousin who burst on the post-Renaissance scene as tireless and talented ...

Babette Bohn, The construction of artistic reputation in Seicento Bologna: Guido Reni and the Sirani, Renaissance Studies, Vol. 25, No. 4 (SEPTEMBER 2011), pp. 511-537 ...

Art History professor Steven Stowell gave a presentation called Sacred Art at the Intersection of the Miracoulous and the Scientific: A Case Study on Sexual Responses and Religious Images in ...

The Baroque-era painter Annibale Carracci — underpaid during his lifetime and under-appreciated for centuries after his death — is enjoying a posthumous renaissance in his native Italy.

Sex Work in the Renaissance. ... This same vibrant era was also home to Bologna's uniquely regulated sex work industry. So what was life like for the sex workers of Renaissance Italy?