It is fascinating to learn about, arts and science alike, and provides new perspectives that can help me focus on my real ...

But, by the 1350s, its "most glorious years" would be "as good as over". The Black Death "halved" the city's population and ...

In the space of 100 years, Siena's artists redefined painting as an art form and laid the foundations for Renaissance.

Although not as famous a tourist destination as other Roman icons like the Colosseum (which was actually built within the grounds of Nero’s famous palace), the Domus Aurea featu ...

Potsdam, smaller and less hectic than the German capital, has slowly become a destination in its own right From a distance, ...

A family's old oil painting has turned out to be a lost work by Renaissance painter Abel Grimmer ... Flemish painter Grimmer - and very valuable. Art specialists Woolley and Wallis revealed ...

Local weavers Cecilia Lai and Barnard Chan, co-founders of Breakthrough Art Studio, showcase in an ... in the form of a dragon and phoenix, symbols representing spiritual harmony in Chinese ...

Art historians have generally dismissed the possibility that there is any representational aspect to these works, but a new scientific study suggests that the artist, whether consciously or ...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, alongside his family, took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam, emphasizing Maha Kumbh as an event symbolizing 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat'. He praised the Yogi-led ...

But the heart hasn’t always just been a symbol of romance ... that the heart carried more than just blood persisted into the Renaissance, with scholars debating whether it was the true locus ...