Workers uncovered elaborate frescoes hidden behind a mantel in a church. The glittering works of art are revealing more about ...

The discovery adds to evidence that preparatory drawings were common practice for Venetian artists as well as for their ...

After tying the knot in 1957, Carlo Ponti promised Sophia Loren "the most beautiful house in the world," which he found in Marino, Italy, just outside of Rome. A lavish 16th-century mansion ...

If you think the selfie was born as a direct result of the cellphone, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” painted just over 500 years ago by Francesco Mazzola, the Italian artist commonly ...

The hotel, a Grade II listed property inspired by the 16th-century Italian Renaissance, is surrounded by eight acres of landscaped grounds. It features an outdoor heated pool, meeting spaces and ...

At that point, the societal impact of fashion began to intrigue me,” Gabet said. Sometimes a designer’s inspiration is evoked subtly: Italian ... suite of twelve 16th-century tapestries ...

A new exhibition in London traces the evolution of tarot from Renaissance Italy to ... of French soldiers returning from the Italian Wars in the 16th century. In the French city of Marseilles ...

During the Renaissance ... in their palaces in Italy, and some of these plants from that period even survive today," Professor Mabberley says. By the 17th century, the fashion for growing citrus ...

Travellers will surely love the Gallery of Maps, a 120-metre showcase of imaginative 16th ... Italian, French and English styles are graced with flowerbeds, statuary and structures such as ...