In 1507 his friend, Agnolo Doni, ordered a beautiful portrait of the Holy Family. Michelangelo used especially vibrant colours to achieve both complex perspective and an unusually touching intimacy.

21 x 17.5 cm. (8.3 x 6.9 in.) ...

Bearing witness to centuries of history, these Gothic, Romanesque or Baroque monuments are uniquely recognizable by their ...

His name was Biagio da Cesena, and today he is better known for his insistence on erasing the nudity that Michelangelo painted in the Sistine ... A member of a distinguished Neapolitan family, he had ...

Fall is the perfect time to travel. Old buildings, castles, atmospheric neighborhoods, and street musicians. All these things ...

With his new book, the Canadian academic turns to the Old Testament to explain the necessity of faith to a fallen generation ...

Edward Fraughton’s last masterpiece is photographed for the first time by the Deseret News — a sculpture that the late, award ...

the Basilica of the Holy Blood; and the Renaissance hall of the Brugse Vrije, which has a glorious carved oak chimneypiece celebrating the family of Emperor Charles V. Insider’s tip: Go down the ...

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Chatty Belle is the dairy queen of roadside attractions, a true Wisconsin icon that combines our love for cows, size ...