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Some of London’s best exhibitions are closing in the next few weeks to make way for the new stuff, and chances are you were too busy with mince pies and Traitors to have caught many of these. So here ...

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A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...

His engraving Battle of the Nudes shows a remarkable attention to musculature and movement, hinting at his involvement in ...

F or centuries, Rome, Italy, has been a city of great importance. Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one ...

and often called the pioneer of the Northern Renaissance was an exceptional painter who served under a King and a Duke in his lifetime. He had his expertise in oil painting, creating engaging ...

An “arboreal archaeologist,” Dalla Ragione scours Renaissance paintings and medieval archives, discovering endangered fruits that might be revived. Her life’s work offers a possible solution ...