In Venice during the Italian Renaissance, portraitists painted the wealthy and powerful, most frequently men, who stood proud and dignified, dressed and posed in ways to emphasize their status and ...

Toffolo's specialty is Venice during the Renaissance. She came across the drawing in May 2019 at the Florence National Central Library while researching her monograph (an in-depth scholarly paper ...

As Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez prepare to tie the knot later this summer, their choice of venue is turning heads. The ...

The waters drowned St. Mark's Square, the Renaissance city's lowest area ... defense system called MOSE aimed at protecting Venice's lagoon during high tide was finally installed in October.

Sharnick’s novel introduces us to patrician women whose lives were predetermined by Renaissance customs ... the opportunity to live and write in Venice during July, 2010. Sharnick teaches ...

‘A Ciambra’ director Jonas Carpignano: Sant’Elena Venice “Venice during the tourist season ... remains one of the most important works of Renaissance artwork. Titian painted “The ...

“I was really deeply offended by the state of the synagogues,” said Landau, a Renaissance ... the years of World War II during the German occupation. The head of Venice’s Jewish community ...

Renaissance Venice: Drawings from the Morgan, explores some of the cultural bounty that the city and Most Serene Republic of Venice gave to the world during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.