Renaissance
Michelangelo for beginners, and a new view of the master’s bronzes
Three new books offer fresh angles on the Renaissance master
After Leonardo, the spotlight is on Raphael for the 500th anniversary of his death next year
There will be a rash of shows on the Renaissance master, the largest will be in Rome
Another new Leonardo is a reason to be cheerful
The Virgin and Laughing Child was recently re-attributed as the artist's “only surviving sculpture”
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Henry Moore’s Helmet Heads at the Wallace Collection to Renaissance nudes at the Royal Academy of Arts
#Menudetoo: naked bodies in the Renaissance explored at the Royal Academy of Arts and in three new publications
Examining the many meanings—and inanities—ascribed to the unclothed human body in Western art
Burst of Venetian colour in largest show of Titians in Germany
Exhibition about the Venetian Renaissance at Frankfurt’s Städel Museum also includes works by Giovanni Bellini and Jacopo Tintoretto
Antonello again? Sicilian master's golden moment continues in Milan
More than two-thirds of Antonello da Messina’s 35 accepted autograph works are reunited for a show at Palazzo Reale
Restored Raphael cartoon gets new display at Milan’s Biblioteca Ambrosiana
The full-scale preparatory drawing for the Vatican’s School of Athens fresco is going back on view after a four-year restoration
Botticelli’s violent stories have a contemporary resonance in #MeToo era
“Spalliera” panels depicting parables are reunited at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for the first time in 500 years
Twelve Leonardo shows to open simultaneously in the UK to mark 500th anniversary of artist’s death
Drawings from the Royal Collection go on show around the country this week before larger surveys in London and Edinburgh later in the year
Restoration for early Renaissance pulpit will get the big-screen treatment
The 1301 carved pulpit will undergo a two-year intensive monitoring programme
Piero della Francesca exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum is largest ever—with 11 works
Half of movable works by Renaissance master included in St Petersburg show
Hands-on research underpins a pioneering chiaroscuro woodcut exhibition
Scientists and artists replicated the Renaissance design, inking and printing process
The Getty’s Renaissance Nude explores issues of power and sexuality—but don’t expect a #metoo reckoning
The show includes male and female examples for historic accuracy, its lead curator says
Big on Bruegel: Vienna museum assembles largest show on the artist
A literally once-in-a-lifetime exhibition is at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum
Sidney Knafel's collection of French 16th- to 18th-century faïence promised to the Frick Collection
The collector's collection of 75 magnificent pieces
Renaissance prints as sources of images for maiolica and bronze reliefs
The interactions of Renaissance drawing, printing and ceramics
Isenheim Altarpiece restoration finally back on track after public outcry
More than 30 conservators will treat paintings and sculptures, seven years after French culture ministry halted reckless cleaning of two panels
Reputations redeemed by art: two books examine what made Charles I and II great collectors but bad rulers
Despite the failings of the Stuart kings, their art collections stand in their favour, as exhibitions in the UK this year have shown
Tintoretto’s 500th anniversary takes over Venice
The “avant-garde superstar” of the Renaissance is celebrated in his home city before works make rare trip to the US
Telling us why and how: a groundbreaking study of Veronese’s techniques and paintings
These two books—very different in approach—analyse the process and works of the Italian Renaissance painter
Thinking with pictures: how images were used for philosophical thinking in the Early Modern period
A rich and fascinating book on what can rightly be called the art of philosophy
Italian museum discovers painting by Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna in its collection
The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo has re-attributed the 15th-century work Resurrection of Christ
Design or colour? Look to Titian
A shoestring trip to La Serenissima—and a thumbs-up for Simon Schama
Lost art: the Fondaco dei Tedeschi frescoes by Titian and Giorgione
Noah Charney on works that we cannot see, but which remain as an influence to those who did see them
Tefaf trends: Sweden is in, England is out, but Italy is always in vogue
Melanie Gerlis sets the scene for six specialist collecting categories at this year’s Maastricht fair
Lost art: Field of the Cloth of Gold
Noah Charney on the hundreds of works that were described those who saw them as wondrous, but which were only ever meant to be temporary
Sittow survey in Washington, DC, helps celebrate 100 years of Estonian Republic
Court artist had an impressive roster of sitters including Mary Rose Tudor
New discoveries add value to Old Master drawings
From Pontormo to Klimt, dealers invest in research in the hope of boosting prices