The list is not arranged in any particular order. The Mona Lisa is among the Renaissance paintings that shaped art history. This half-length portrait painting has been described as the most ...

Each artist left behind their own distinctive mark on the painting, now housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Giovanni Bellini, Feast of the Gods (1514/1529). Courtesy of National ...

Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

Ginevra de' Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little about her beyond the writings ...

This unusual Renaissance painting was created by an anonymous artist and features a drooling dragon-dog, a farting baby, as ...

The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo ...

A unique art form developed in the Spanish colonies in the late 17th century, enconchados are paintings on wood panels inlaid with shells and iridescent mother-of-pearl. "The Prodigal Son Among ...

An “arboreal archaeologist,” Dalla Ragione scours Renaissance paintings and medieval archives ... Images via the Metropolitan Museum of Art under public domain Music by APM Music.

As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings ... of the department of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said in an email.