Artnet5h
Meet Agnès Sorel, the 15th-Century French Beauty Immortalized as Madonna
After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great beauty.
Smithsonian Magazine21h
The ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Moving to a Room of Her Own at the Louvre
As part of a massive renovation, the Leonardo da Vinci portrait will get its own gallery space accessible from a separate entrance ...
Mona Lisa's roommates may be glad she's moving out
Now that Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece is moving to another room at The Louvre, other Renaissance masterpieces hanging in ...
L'Italo-Americano Newspaper2d
The Renaissance of anatomy: how Italian artists transformed science and art
His engraving Battle of the Nudes shows a remarkable attention to musculature and movement, hinting at his involvement in ...