In the vibrant heart of the Sicilian capital, the Church of the Gesù is one of those places that truly deserve to be called ...

Throughout Spain, there are charming villages preserving the vibrant heritage of Baroque art. With their sculpted facades, ...

Such was the gift of Wautier, whose genre-crossing talents are the subject of Michaelina: Baroque’s Leading ... were “at best tolerated for painting flowers.” The skill exhibited by Wautier ...

With only a small (and disputed) pool of surviving works spanning in subject portraits, genre pieces, flower arrangements ... one romantically long lost in art history. It is also hoped that ...

As he passes the painting “Flowers” by Italian Baroque painter Paolo Porpora,he trips in front of its barrier, smacking it with a hand holding a drink. The boy stands in disbelief for a few ...

Instead, we concentrated on taking in the lesser-known art ... the Roman Baroque, which tends toward the grandiose and bombastic, Leccese is a playful mix of mythological creatures, floral ...

The 350-year-old painting was by Baroque artist Paolo Porpora ... to catch his balance on the 17th-century oil painting titled "Flowers." He accidentally punches a hole the size of a fist ...

However, when it comes to restitution of art looted by Nazis and fascists, apparently the Berlusconi government finds the matter to be less than pressing. The, shall we say, baroque Italian legal ...