Bubbly Baroque art and austere Neoclassicism; divine kings, Revolution, and Napoleon. In the 1600s and 1700s, the art of "divine" kings and popes — and of revolutionaries and Reformers — tells ...

Over the past 20 years, French-born painter Philippe Casanova has been enriching the Roman cultural and artistic landscape with his original contemporary Baroque creations.

The 17th-century Spanish Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-82) carved a place in European art history as being “the painter of beautiful people and of children.” “Murillo: From Heaven to ...

Martin Kemp, Visions of Heaven: Dante and the Art of Divine Light, Lund Humphries, 240pp, £45 (hb) • Donald Lee is retiring as Literary Editor of The Art Newspaper after 25 years Books Dante ...

Centuries ago, if you wanted to see the paintings of the great Italian masters, you would have embarked on something called The Grand Tour, a kind of traveling educational experience to the princip… ...

Hannover: Herrenhausen, one of the world's best-preserved baroque gardens, was once a place of pleasure where the 17th-century elector and his court could stroll and enjoy a heady mix of art ...

We marvel at Baroque’s over-the-top churches, palaces, bubbly fountains, and theatric art. Forged in Europe’s religious struggles, Baroque art inspired the faithful and dazzled the masses.

The 17th-century Spanish Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-82) carved a place in European art history as being “the painter of beautiful people and of children.” “Murillo: From Heaven to ...