The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini Where: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, New York City When: Through March 18.

Art & Exhibitions The Met’s New Show Brings Together Renaissance Portraits That Aren’t What They Seem. Artists used the back of canvases, hinges, panels and codes to reveal secret messages.

Artist Petros Vrellis works comfortably in that strange medium where technology meets classical art. In 2012, he created an interactive van Gogh painting ...

Jacobs pointed out a “Raphael” that figures in The Dark Corner from 1946, which would be more believable as the cover of a Renaissance Fair-set bodice ripper romance novel.

Go dark and moody, like this portrait by Bruyn, or try a high-key filter for drama and emphasis. 3. Natural Light Is Your Friend. ... Go Renaissance-chic with lace, velvet, ...

Italian Renaissance portraits of tradesmen — let alone tradesmen portrayed in the middle of working at their trade — are almost nonexistent. Annibale Carracci, working in Bologna in the 1580s ...

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.

A Flawed Portrait of Bill Buckley. Jun. 29, 2025. Subscribe; Login; NR PLUS. History. The Dark Side of a Renaissance. Detail of portait of King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1540 ...