Piero della Francesca: Poetic Paintings of Madonna and Child
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Piero della Francesca: Poetic Paintings of Madonna and Child

Piero della Francesca’s sublime altarpieces feature the Madonna and Child in a genre known as ’sacred conversations.’
Registration for International Figure Painting Competition Opens
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Registration for International Figure Painting Competition Opens

An uplifting oil painting competition that celebrates the best of humanity and its traditions opens for entrants.
Golden Age Nostalgia: Empress Livia’s Summer Triclinium
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Golden Age Nostalgia: Empress Livia’s Summer Triclinium

Livia’s ‘Gardenscape’ fresco illustrates the finest beauty of all four seasons, brought together at a single moment in time.
Painting the Wild Green River in the American West
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Painting the Wild Green River in the American West

Artist-explorer Tony Foster has spent decades painting the wilderness. Here, he captures the Green River in captivating watercolors.
The Wind Beneath Her Wings: ‘Winged Victory of Samothrace’
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Piero della Francesca: Poetic Paintings of Madonna and Child

Piero della Francesca: Poetic Paintings of Madonna and Child

Piero della Francesca’s sublime altarpieces feature the Madonna and Child in a genre known as ’sacred conversations.’
Registration for International Figure Painting Competition Opens

Registration for International Figure Painting Competition Opens

An uplifting oil painting competition that celebrates the best of humanity and its traditions opens for entrants.
Golden Age Nostalgia: Empress Livia’s Summer Triclinium

Golden Age Nostalgia: Empress Livia’s Summer Triclinium

Livia’s ‘Gardenscape’ fresco illustrates the finest beauty of all four seasons, brought together at a single moment in time.
Chateau de Beynac: A French Castle Preserved for the Ages

Chateau de Beynac: A French Castle Preserved for the Ages

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a French Romanesque castle from the 12th century.
Painting the Wild Green River in the American West

Painting the Wild Green River in the American West

Artist-explorer Tony Foster has spent decades painting the wilderness. Here, he captures the Green River in captivating watercolors.
Belle da Costa Greene: The Morgan Library’s Medieval Manuscripts

Belle da Costa Greene: The Morgan Library’s Medieval Manuscripts

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates its inaugural director and her selection of superlative medieval manuscripts.
Gone Goya: The Shocking Theft of ‘The Duke of Wellington’

Gone Goya: The Shocking Theft of ‘The Duke of Wellington’

One of the greatest British heroes had his portrait painted by one of Spain’s greatest painters. It disappeared in 1961.
Renaissance Florence in the Heart of London

Renaissance Florence in the Heart of London

Meet the Madonna and Child artworks that Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael made in Florence, circa 1504.
Mary Vaux Walcott: The ‘Audubon of Botany’

Mary Vaux Walcott: The ‘Audubon of Botany’

Mary Vaux Walcott’s extensive research and consequent illustrations brought North America’s floral diversity to the general public’s attention.