A woman in Norfolk, England, has at last decided to return a 16th-century painting that was stolen more than 50 years ago.

The oil-on-canvas painting belonged to the owner of the home, a 90-year-old woman who left Italy when she was a little girl. When her father died, she inherited the stunning piece of artwork and ...

16th-Century Beauty Secrets, Revealed In “How to Be a Renaissance Woman,” the historian Jill Burke explores the aesthetic expectations of an era — and just how they were achieved. (Recipes ...

A 16th-century painting stolen from an English manor house and later recovered at a bus stop has sold for an astonishing $22.3 million. “The Rest on the Flight into Egypt,” is an early work by ...

The fashion for veiling (el tapado) emerged in Spain in the 16th century. While some women wore masks in court, the more prevalent fashion was to use a dark mantle to cover the head and body. Some ...

Following a 13-year restoration, a 16th-century Turkish bath is reopening in Istanbul’s Zeyrek district this month. Called the Çinili Hamam, the revitalized site won’t offer traditional ...