Born in Seville, in 1599, Diego Velázquez would become one of the greatest painters of the Baroque era. A contemporary of artists such as Peter Paul Rubens and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, he rose from ...

The 17th century was the era of the Baroque, a style bringing passion, colour and drama to painting, sculpture, architecture ...

Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain's Prado Museum for the past month as its latest ...

The huge 17th-century painting shows the Infanta Margarita – or Margaret Theresa of Spain – her young ladies-in-waiting, a ...

That’s why acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville prefers to visit Spain’s Prado Museum during its opening hours — even though he’s been invited to browse anytime as part of a month-long literary ...

For Irish novelist John Banville, the captivating eyes in the paintings at Spain's Prado Museum offer an intense connection ...

The Royal Palace of Madrid is a gem in the Spanish capital and the largest palace in Western Europe, twice the size of iconic ...

It is the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and life ... a mirror reflecting King Phillip IV and his queen, and Velázquez, stepping ...

Obsessed with volume, Balenciaga’s work was couture for the mondaine, and seems well placed to remain exactly that almost ...

a mirror reflecting King Phillip IV and his queen — and also Velazquez, stepping back from his canvas and looking straight down at the viewer. The painting — a paragon of Baroque ...

Singer-songwriter Bob Gaudio of The Four Seasons is 83. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 82. Actor Lauren Hutton is 81. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 80. “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne ...