In revisiting early modern European history, artists and designers are finding old ways to address contemporary anxieties. By Rachel Wetzler The Algerian Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz’s new ...

The works by the Sienese artists may not be as technically advanced as the Renaissance paintings that came later, but examining them side by side is instructive: In a review, Artnet’s Ben Davis ...

The odd, almost accidental, presence of Piero’s study on the panel attests to his early—and proficient—grasp of visual perception theories being formulated in the early Renaissance. The other two ...

Art of the Renaissance. Special | 55m 35s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Groundbreaking statues, paintings, and architecture—humanism in Florence and beyond. 04/01/2023 | Expires 04/01/2028 ...

Simone Martini, “Christ on the Cross,” detail (1340); Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (photo Daniel Larkin/Hyperallergic) Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350, an examination of Siena ...

The museum's showcase of Siena artists aims to reshape the way we think of the Italian Renaissance. Pietro Lorenzetti, Tarlati Altarpiece (ca.1320). Tempera and gold on panel.

The Renaissance, a cultural movement that began in 14th-century Italy and spread across Europe, marked a period of profound change in art, science, literature and philosophy. Rooted in a ...

During the early Renaissance, artists were renewing ideas from the ancients. Donatello spurred this revival, borrowing from classical imagery long before he cast his ambiguous David in bronze.

With a major exhibition taking place at the V&A from next month, Renaissance Art is being given, well, a bit of a renaissance (‘scuse the pun) for a modern-day audience. Michelozzo, An Adoring ...

Celebrating the art of the Early Renaissance, we'll admire the works of Ghiberti, who merged art and mathematics to show the illusion of depth, Brunelleschi, who built the greatest dome yet, and ...