France is known for its iconic cities and bucket-list destinations, from Paris to Bordeaux to Nice. But beyond these famous ...

The Toledo Museum of Art devotes an exhibition to the 17th- and 18th-century Dutch artist, who enjoyed a decades-long career ...

Think Naples is just a place to grab a ferry to Capri or gorge on pizza? Think again. This vibrant Mediterranean port has ...

Of the Brideshead Revisited manse, designer Remy Renzullo says “the notion of ‘finished’ doesn’t really exist” ...

Nuns’ diverse experiences of monastic solitude reflect modern urban loneliness. In 1812 Lord Byron expressed the ...

The National Gallery of Art pairs art and science in a survey of some of the finest Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th ...

The three uniquely different towns of Rapallo, Varenna, and Menaggio offer elegant views, food tours and everything you need ...

The Cut Melon,” a rare oval-shaped painting by the 18th-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin, will hang on the Fort ...

Toil and TroubleAn engraving reproduces Henry Fuseli’s 1783 painting of the witches ... witchcraft panics in the late 16th century and first half of the 17th century. Witch-hunting plagued ...

By late in the 17th century, the vaulted loggia ceiling had fallen into disrepair, and included loose areas of “intonaco,” the final, smooth layer of plaster used in frescoed painting.

A few minutes’ walk will bring you to the B-MAD, Berardo Museum Art Deco, with works by René Lalique, among others. Even nearer is the Renaissance chapel, Capela de Santo Amoro, with 17th-century wall ...