The original Ghetto, on a small Venetian island, hides Renaissance era synagogues of startling beauty
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Patrons mattered during the renaissance. Find out why.
Types of renaissance patronage
The contrast between the dark menswear and the ornate womenswear of the 19th century helped to cast women as accessories of their fathers or husbands.
A Portrait of John Ruskin and Masculine ...
Each element of Charles II's dress conveys his status and wealth, as well as a masculine ideal.
John Michael Wright, The Coronation Portrait of ...
A portrait that celebrated Francis Xavier, the “Apostle of Japan” whose mission had inaugurated the Japanese Catholic Church.
A portrait of St. Francis Xavier and ...
The ritual this was made for was enacted in fields the Inka owned — in the Chancay lands they had conquered.
An Inka paccha
An introduction to the incredibly diverse art and architecture of colonial Brazil.
Introduction to colonial Brazil
The blending of human and animal traits in this figure shows us that the Chancay people were keen observers of nature.
Chancay Standing Female Figure
Like a disaster movie, Turner’s painting transforms a natural catastrophe — with death a near-certainty — into entertainment.
J.M.W. Turner, Snow Storm
Though he was eventually beheaded, this portrait encapsulates the king's notion of independent authority, and his belief in the divine right of kings.
Anthony van Dyck, Charles I with M. ...
a powerful Byzantine court official builds himself a dazzling burial chapel
Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics ...
a Renaissance masterpiece receives a second life after World War II
A Renaissance masterpiece nearly lost in war: ...
a Flemish painter in the court of a Spanish queen
A miraculous appearance for a queen: Juan ...
Jesus changes water into wine in Renaissance Spain
A wedding and a miracle for the ...
One of the most impressive monuments on the Roman Forum
The Arch of Septimius Severus, portal to ...
This mask is a rare document of the Dada movement and an embodiment of the so-called “approximate man.”
Dada’s “Approximate Man”: A Portrait of Tristan ...
Renaissance author Leon Battista Alberti's ideas about what makes for a good painting would have a lasting influence on the history of art.
Alberti’s revolution in painting
At 216 feet high, the Rajarajesvara temple is a sight to behold.
Rajarajesvara temple, Tanjavur
a new image of a new saint in the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
Inventing the image of Saint Francis
fresco, mosaic, and marble threatened by a rising sea and the salt it leaves behind