Despite a short life marred by brawls, arrests and even murder, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, better known simply as ...

The 17th century was the era of the Baroque, a style bringing passion, colour and drama to painting, sculpture, architecture ...

The paintings should cover the entire vaulting of the church ... based on a central plan, being popularised in the Baroque era. Here, it was no longer necessary to direct the gaze of the worshippers ...

A joint effort by academic researchers, professional art restorers and experts from the public sector and companies has resulted in the discovery of works of art, artists and documents from the São ...

Lasting for 150 years, the Baroque period of architecture, music, and art influenced churches, palaces, mansions, and civic structures across the globe. Examples of Baroque architecture include ...

(According to Pliny the Elder, the ancient painter Zeuxis demonstrated his acumen by painting grapes so realistic that birds tried to eat them.) Curtains often appear in Baroque and Cubist ...