From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...

The Lansing Historical Society celebrate Black History Month with a special program about the Chicago Black Renaissance on ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

Black Student Association (BSA) and Saint Mary’s Sexuality and Gender Equity (SAGE) hosted the “Harlem Legacy” event in honor of Black History Month, where students shared original poetry and famous ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

Sebastian Smee is a Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at The Washington Post and the author of "The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals and Breakthroughs in Modern Art." He worked at the ...

Lapis lazuli, known as 'blue gold', has captivated civilizations for millennia with its vibrant blue color and historical significance. Mined primaril ...

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

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, ...

It's so complex, and there are lots of hidden Easter eggs that we're still finding! So here are hidden details in famous ...

In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist's Belgian hometown, the studio had to be taken to the painting. In the largest room of Antwerp's Royal Fine Arts Museum, the ...

30 (UPI) --Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa" portrait is getting a new home at Paris' Louvre while the art museum undergoes ... The "New Renaissance" project, which is intended to modernize ...