While the rise of oil paint is associated with the Renaissance, paintings using poppy-seed oil have been dated as far back as seventh-century Afghanistan. But there's one key reason this paint ...
Mary and Saint Luke are the figures in the foreground, placed on both sides of the composition, while the two more miniature ...
A rare early masterpiece by the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico has been acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England ...
Imagine a fashion collection where each piece is envisioned as a canvas, with the wearer acting as the artist who brings it ...
They found that all three paintings were made using egg tempera and oil paint. They also all featured ... the land of the ...
There are plenty of standout moments in this tight, enterprising exhibition, which reconstructs what happened when three ...
Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum paid the impressive sum to prevent the rare Italian Renaissance painting from leaving ... the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683 ...
Christ Mocked, by the pre-Renaissance artist Cimabue, was discovered last month in northern France. The painting was expected to fetch up to €6m at auction. But the winning bid far exceeded ...
The 17th Century oil painting depicts Jesus just before his crucifixion and, according to the auction catalogue, is attributed to Spanish artist José de Ribera. With concerns the work could be ...