This painting, possibly a fresco, portrays an extremely lively scene depicting brilliance at its best. A young woman, seated in a chair,...

Storage Jar (Pelike), anonymous artist, Athens, Greece, ca. 510-500 B.C.E., terracotta paired with a textured black paint, Art Institute,...

There are many prominent pieces housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, spread across numerous centuries. Despite this, there is one...

There have been many prominent site excavations of Pompeii since its destruction in A.D. 79. The House of Venus in the Shell was...

Not many painters have developed the intense sense of realism that those in the Renaissance have. One of the most prominent of these was...

The early Renaissance period, developing from the end of the 14th century to the end of the 15th century, opened the door to vital...

Like many other early inventions and developments, the ancient Egyptians passed their artistic techniques to other cultures around the...

The Thames below Westminster, Claude Monet, oil on canvas, 18.5 by 28.7 in., 1871, National Gallery, London. The period known as...

Self-Portrait at the Age of 63, Rembrandt, oil on canvas, 33.9 by 27.8 inches, Netherlands ca. 1669, National Gallery, London. Rembrandt...

Saint Sebastian, Gerrit van Honthorst, oil on canvas, 39.8 by 46.1 in., Netherlands ca. 1623, National Gallery, London. The Renaissance...

Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars, tempera and oil on poplar, Italy ca. 1485, National Gallery, London. The cultures derived from...

The Ambassadors, Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on oak, Switzerland ca. 1533, National Gallery, London. The Renaissance period saw...

Italy has many artistic treasures throughout the country. In Padua, the Scrovegni Chapel sits, housing multiple frescoes from Giotto di...

Doge Leonardo Loredan, Giovanni Bellini, oil on poplar, Italy ca. 1501-1502, National Gallery, London. Giovanni Bellini, one of the many...

The Resurrection, Francesco Buoneri (Cecco del Caravaggio), oil on canvas, Italy ca. 1619-1620, Art Institute of Chicago. The Baroque...

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, Giovanni di Paolo, tempera on panel, Italy ca. 1455-1460, Art Institute, Chicago. Saint John...

Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with an Embodiment of Ktisis, anonymous artist, marble and glass, Byzantine ca. 500-550, The Metropolitan...

Portrait Bust of a Woman, anonymous Roman, marble, Italy ca. 140 CE-150 CE, Art Institute, Chicago. This bust, carved by a particularly...

The Old Market Woman, anonymous sculptor, A.D. 14-68, Roman copy of an original Greek piece, The Metropolitan Museum, New York. When...

Many villas, particularly from the ancient Roman civilization have survived, either in fragments or whole, into the modern world....