Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

More than 700 Tauck employees, family members, Tauck Director guides, board members and sponsoring partners gathered in ...

Laurent Binet’s Renaissance epistolary novel blends the postmodern playfulness of Umberto Eco with the vigour of Dashiell ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

The role of the ultra-wealthy has morphed from one of shared social responsibility and patronage to the freewheeling ...

Portrait of who is believed to be Raffaella Aleotti, and illuminated manuscript with a musician of color. Soloists, Instrumentalists and Co ...

For only the third time this century, a painting by renowned Renaissance great Raphael is coming to auction. It is of Mary ...

You must go on a picnic while in Paris. But the location can make or break your experience. Here are the best places for ...

The House of Medici was an Italian banking family that rose to become one of the most powerful political families … Continue ...

Everything here is pure opulence. Stained-glass ceilings, hand-carved woodwork and antique furniture, adorn the spacious guest rooms and suites, which are decorated in Renaissance Medici style.