Scholars debate whether the Gospel stories preserve ancient memories or are just Greek literature in disguise. But there’s a ...

Few individuals in church history have straddled the fault line between insider and outsider quite so capably as Francis of ...

Nativity Preparatory School eighth graders learned about robotics at New Bedford Research & Robotics. The students participated in hands-on projects, including using robots to draw and maneuver ...

In the 14th century, Duccio and others developed ways of painting that had never been seen before. By Michael Prodger On 9 June 1311, the people of Siena witnessed the most extraordinary sight they ...

Siena’s art is currently stealing the global limelight. The blockbuster exhibition Siena: the Rise of Painting 1300-1350 brought masterpieces from the city’s golden age to the Metropolitan ...

Designed by Giotto in the early 14th century, this ornate 277-foot high bell tower is part of the renowned Duomo in central Florence's Piazza del Duomo. Although it is known as Giotto's Bell Tower ...

Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an influential architect and artist. Below the building's curved ...

A "Who's Who" of art history awaits you in one of the most important collections of European painting from the 13th to 18th centuries. Discover works by famous painters presented chronologically ...

A dramatic masterpiece by Matthias Stomer depicting the Supper at Emmaus is one of the numerous important works to be offered on 20 September.