A survey of this giant of Renaissance art opens this month at the Met. Three experts show us why he matters as much as ...

The musical Kinky Boots finishes up its run at The Bushnell March 22. Composer and lyricist Cyndi Lauper wrote the ...

The Last Judgment is a common theme in Christian art. But Michelangelo's dramatic imagery in his Sistine Chapel fresco ...

Over the centuries, it has attracted important figures, St. Catherine of Siena and the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico, both ...

Caravaggio’s violent life as a fugitive fueled the dramatic chiaroscuro and the dark psychological depths of his self-portraits as Medusa and Goliath ...

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, or Raphael, is one of the greatest artists of all time and was part of the Holy Trinity of the High Renaissance alongside Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Raphael was ...

It all began with a trip into the woods outside of town to look inside painter Randy Sturgis’ studio. Northwind Art Executive Director Martha Worthley had heard about Sturgis’ work and wanted to see ...

One researcher wrote a 600-page report attributing an obscure painting to the artist. Another argued that he'd sculpted a marble bust on display in a Roman church ...

Michelangelo’s artwork on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is beyond legendary. People travel to Rome from all over the world to experience its breathtaking<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros (about $35 million), one of the largest ...

An independent researcher has asserted that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo. It's the latest purported attribution to the Renaissance genius who is one ...

The portrait, painted in around 1598 and attributed to Caravaggio in 1963, depicts Maffeo Barberini, a nobleman who later became Pope Urban VIII.