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

Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty ImagesThe original painting by Renaissance artist Cimabue that was discovered in an elderly woman’s ...

It’s taken dedicated work by feminist art historians to bring her accomplishments back into public consciousness. Like most Renaissance and Baroque women artists who managed to forge successful ...

It took three Renaissance Masters to create the Duke of Ferrara's "Feast of the Gods," each leaving their own distinctive ...

Advancing Women Artists (AWA ... JF: Not all the works we found were Renaissance, though. Our work is on paintings from the 15th century to the 19th century. We have focused on the grandes ...

Book of the Week. An alternative history of the Renaissance, as told by the women behind the paintings - providing a window into their often overlooked or silenced lives.

The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century Florence, Italy. The work is hailed as an artistic masterpiece for its ...

With its implication that the young woman isn’t as chaste as she ... a bevy of squabbling late-Renaissance artists, led by art historian Giorgio Vasari. The ensuing whodunit unfolds in letters ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisis A selection of the bounty from ...