The Birth of Venus, a painting by the Italian artist Botticelli, depicts the goddess Venus at the shore after her birth.

The statue depicts a Roman elite, Gaius Marios Hermogenes, dating back to the 2nd or 3rd Century, and is in near-perfect ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the world’s most famous painting. Her mysterious smile and masterful technique make this iconic artwork admired. Tap to read in detail.

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...

Mithila Palkar has been feeling touristy on her holiday in Rome as she has been going sight-seeing from one monument to the ...

Until the present century, it was often a rather risky business for an American artist to do a nude. When the painter John Vanderlyn exhibited an inoffensive Ariadne in New York in 1815, his ...

An old-world culinary tradition, pasta is a classic Italian dish. We interviewed "Chef's Table: Noodles" chef Evan Funke for ...

The 'Figures of the Fool' exhibition shows how perceptions of madness have changed from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

The Met’s new exhibition on Siena—the first of its kind in America—shows how the possibilities of strange, colorful ooze ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved house in ancient Pompeii, featuring frescoes depicting scenes from Greek and ...

One of the most famous facades in all the world has been concealing a deep secret. Underneath the iconic and intricately ...

By Will Heinrich The central role of printmaking in five centuries of Mexican art on view at the Met shows the weight of many minds. By Will Heinrich and Patricia Escárcega The artist Barbara ...