Arts 'The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini' explores dark history of portraits Published: Dec. 25, 2011, 10:45 a.m.

A new Met exhibition showcases the overlooked Renaissance tradition of covered portraits, which held hidden meanings.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the Harlem Renaissance, including its contentious ideas.

In Jen Silverman's dark comedy, a devil buys the souls of two people in exchange for fulfilling two wishes that interlock in a destructive way.

In Jen Silverman's dark comedy, a devil buys the souls of two people in exchange for fulfilling two wishes that interlock in a destructive way.

One of the most celebrated portraits of the Renaissance has traveled from London to New York to take its place in a jewel of an exhibition.

The Dark Side of a Renaissance Detail of portait of King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1540.(Public domain/Wikimedia) ...

Before she even appears in the 1944 film noir classic Laura, Laura Hunt is an obsession for the hardboiled police detective, who is mesmerized with the supposedly dead woman through her portrait.

As anyone who has tried to take the perfect selfie likely knows, getting these kinds of images just right can take a lot of practice. As a contemporary iteration of the age-old self-portrait ...

Lotto’s late portraits, their muted browns and greys replacing his earlier luscious tones, reflect his own journey from the limelight into the dark corridors of his sanctuary.

My initial reaction to Vrellis’ art is to think “that’s not how string works.” Talking with Hackaday, Vrellis explained that he broke the painting down into pixels, assigned each dark ...