When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

A classical cathedral dome sports the base of a missile and a gothic tower is fitted with jet propulsion boosters.

Louise Riggio is downsizing her Manhattan apartment, which means selling more than 30 works by artists including Mondrian, ...

This guide offers inspiration and tips so you can plan a fun trip to Florence with teens. It's the perfect place to make ...

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A free concert and daylong arts celebration highlight this year’s Winter Park Arts Weekend, which runs Feb. 20-23. The ...

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Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

The design is unlike any other church in Italy. Instead of the towering Gothic spires or Renaissance domes that define much of European architecture, St. Mark's looks decidedly Eastern. And that's no ...