A new exhibition at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is brimming with opulent religious panel paintings, altarpieces, sculptures, textiles and metalworks from the Italian city of Siena ...

Friars, particularly Franciscans, read texts such as the Meditations on the Life of Christ from the early 14th century, motivating them to unlock spiritual power by envisioning every little ...

Fourteenth-century Venice, with a population of 100,000, was not only one of Europe’s largest cities, but also a wealthy maritime trading hub and a cultural center where the aesthetics of ...

Art: BYZANTINE RENAISSANCE. 3 minute read. ... Kariye Camii, rebuilt on an older structure in the early 14th century and later converted into a mosque. With official blessing, ...

The show will unveil 100 paintings, sculptures, and relics hailing from the oft-overlooked early Renaissance movement that took shape in Siena during the 14th century.

Spanning from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance in the 14th century, the Middle Ages encompassed a thousand years of social, cultural, and religious upheaval, and — most importantly ...

Renaissance man and rapper Kanye West has rolled out a 12-piece jewelry line inspired by 14th century Florentine Art. West said the jewelry line is "a letter to my wife from a past life that can ...

Keith Kaiser steps back in time for the 14th Annual Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival. Skip to main content. You are the owner of this article. Edit Article Add New Article Close. You have ...

The show is teasingly called Revealing the Early Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Florentine Art. The key word here is “Renaissance,” which in the show logo is much larger than all the rest.

November’s must-see exhibitions: Leonardo, Orphism and a beautiful exploration of 14th-century Siena The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month The Art Newspaper ...

This brief chapter of art history is ... See the Breathtaking 14th-Century Sienese Artworks That Helped Set ... While many look to Florence as the creative pulse of early Renaissance art, ...