Finding new meanings in the Hortus Conclusus
Renaissance
Copies of the Roman poet Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' take up a lot of shelf space in Mary Beard's study, she looks at Titian's reinvention of the tales.
You know Michelangelo had incredible skill, but did you know how dangerous the painting technique he used was?
Have you ever wondered who you are looking at in medieval and Renaissance altarpieces? This video will serve as a primer for identifying saints in art.
Watch these performers beautifully recreate Renaissance images to Mozart.
Peter Schade, the Head of the Framing department at the National Gallery, shows the process of creating six huge matching frames for the Titian: Love Desire Death exhibition. Matthias Wivel, Curator…
What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one? And what artists make them?
Conservators at Northumbria University in the UK recently found a surprise lurking beneath the surface of a 16th-century painting.
