WHEN Chris and Suzanne Sharp conceived of their Banners of Persuasion tapestry project, the premise was fairly straightforward. “In the Renaissance people would commission an artist to do a ...

Six innovative weavings, made from designs commissioned by Pope Leo X, are on view at the Columbus Museum of Art, alongside nearly 50 other objects which serve to contextualize these works and ...

Originally designed to prevent drafts in unheated castles, through the use of silk and gold thread, tapestries evolved during the Renaissance to become giant wall paintings that could cost as much ...

Tapestry, the Art of Kings Using In the time of Michelangelo, royalty once spent much more on tapestries than on having their portraits painted. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has brought ...

Before he became the museum’s director, in 2009, Thomas P. Campbell organized a pair of acclaimed exhibitions that sought to move textile arts from the shadows to the center of Renaissance and ...

It has been 25 years since the Worcester Art Museum has made the Renaissance tapestry "Last Judgment" available for public view, but that will change on April 23.

Event details about Art and War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries in San Francisco on January 12, 2025 - watch, listen, photos and tickets ...

When we think of the Sistine Chapel, we think automatically of the ceiling frescoes of Michelangelo. More than likely we are unaware that Raphael also created masterpieces for the Sistine Chapel &#… ...

In their subtly lighted temporary home at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the six enormous weavings at the core of “Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries” are feasts ...