Michelangelo Made His First Masterpiece When He Was 12 Years Old — Colossal
Before he was a titan of Renaissance art history, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a 12-year-old, although his childhood…
J. M. W. Turner’s Romantic Winter Watercolors Go On View in Edinburgh and Dublin
Every January 1 since 1901, small crowds have gathered outside the national galleries in Dublin and Edinburgh. For…
A Drawing Said to Be by Michelangelo Will Go to Auction
A five-inch-tall red chalk drawing of a foot, said to be by Michelangelo (1475–1564), will be offered for…
How Giovanni Strazza’s “The Veiled Virgin” Ended Up in a Remote Canadian Convent
For many of us, Newfoundland is best known as a blotch of green on a transatlantic-flight map, reaching…