With fairytale villages, picturesque rolling hills, fabulous food and world-renowned wine, Italy is an enchanting country ...

Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...

The world’s smallest nation has an outsized history as the seat of the Catholic Church, and an incredible collection of art ...