and there is an extensive collection of portraits of the three families who have inherited the castle from its origins to the present day, as well as a cycle of frescoes from the mid-16th century ...

Week 1: Renaissance Rivalries (Brunelleschi and Ghiberti, Leonardo and Michelangelo, Michelangelo and Raphael, Caravaggio and Baglione) Katherine E. Zoraster is an Art ... art from cave paintings to ...

Until July 6 visitors will have a unique chance to admire 24 of the most iconic artworks of Caravaggio at Palazzo Barberini.

The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...

An enormous fresco spanning three walls of a recently ... largely lost to history in part because of the decline of Greco-Roman polytheism. Modern understanding only comes from frescoes and ...

Putti making perfumes in a Roman fresco from the House of the Vettii in Pompeii. Credit: Yair Haklai / Wikimedia Commons The application of perfumes to sculptures was carried out using specific ...

However, the frescoes at Villa Cuomo remain as a testament to a time when Bacchus was one of the most revered gods in the Roman pantheon. Archaeological work at Villa Cuomo continues to provide ...

LATEST ROMAN BREAKTHROUGHS: Dionysus was believed to have the power to die and be reborn, promising the same destiny to his followers. Zuchtriegel noted these frescoes complement similar images in ...

The marble sculpture of emperor Augustus from 1 B.C.—one of several Roman works the property has ... including high ceilings with a fresco dating back to 1600, make a stay here feel like ...

A striking and dynamic portrait titled 'Colours' by site member mistere has caught our attention this week. This stunning image showcases a bold and vibrant explosion of colour, beautifully ...

The Trump administration displayed a new view of President Donald Trump’s Oval Office, bearing 20 different portraits of the nation’s historical figures. Among the new portraits are former ...