After centuries in a private collection and hidden under a dense layer of overpainting, a Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpture is finally coming to light at Rijksmuseum. Its arrival at the Amsterdam ...

Pedro de Mena, “Mater Dolorosa” (detail) (1674-85), partial-gilt polychrome wood, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Pedro de Mena, “Ecce Homo” and “Mater ...

Greek statues: from stiff Archaic to balanced Golden Age to jump-off-the-stage Hellenism We trace the steady evolution of Greek art through its statues: from stiff Archaic to balanced Golden Age to ...

A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in European history, one that propelled a young prodigy named Gian Lorenzo Bernini into a towering figure ...

Baroque art was propaganda for the state or for the Church. Baroque art was propaganda — for the state or for the Church. It inspired the masses to believe that the authority of the prince and the ...

pt. 1. Period of transition and the early Baroque, circa 1600-circa 1625. Rome : Sixtus V to Paul V (1585-1621) -- Caravaggio -- The Carracci -- Caravaggio's followers and the Carracci school in Rome ...

Metamorphosed by its colonial riches, Portugal developed a distinctive Baroque style in the 18th century. Gilded altarpieces, theatrical facades and monumental staircases tell the story of a kingdom ...

Discover the charming hidden beauty of Černínská zahrada located near Prague Castle, featuring elegant baroque landscaping, fountains, statues, and peaceful green spaces that are open to the public ...

A journalist photographs San Lorenzo, left, and San Sebastiano, two juvenile marble statues by Italian Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, during the press preview of the exhibition "Bernini and the ...

ROME (AP) — A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in European history, one that propelled a young prodigy named Gian Lorenzo Bernini into a ...