Five fragmented masterpieces are now whole again, revealing new insights into art history and their creators’ original intent ...

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...

A former 14th century monastery will re-open to visitors this month with a half-term festival and a 60-seat café. Plans have ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.

PUTNEY — Sandglass Theater will present a summer series from the end of May through June that features artists working in ...

Government bans early work of Botticelli from being exported out of UK - The painting by the Italian master Sandro Botticelli ...

An unidentified skull uncovered at a Hungarian basilica decades ago may belong to the legendary 15th century king Matthias ... one of the first to embrace the Renaissance, spreading from Italy, ...

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century. However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II ...

The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

Vatican staff installed a chimney on the Sistine Chapel ahead of the May 7 conclave, where cardinals will elect a new pope to ...