LONDON (Reuters) - A new book focuses on a 16th century competition that set out to discover who was the better artist -- Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci, and says the outcome profoundly influenced ...

Our writer sits down with Purdue Art History professor Beth Woodward to explore the under-appreciated nuances of Renaissance art.

There are plenty of standout moments in this tight, enterprising exhibition, which reconstructs what happened when three “titans” of the Italian Renaissance briefly overlapped in Republican Florence ...

“Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael” is a tightly curated look into the influence and mastery the three Renaissance artists exerted as their lives and work intersected in early sixteenth-century Florence ...

This post is in response to Barack Obama: The Confidence of Mr. Inside-Mr. Outside By Stanton Peele Ph.D. If there is a period in the history of the world when we consider artistry to have flourished, ...

In the early 16th century, three of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance circled each other in Florence, vying for influence and looking for inspiration. Now, an exhibition—titled ...

Imagine, if you will, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael sitting together at a Florentine lunch table, discussing painting over a bowl of thick Tuscan soup.

But there's a rumor that after Michelangelo carved his famous nude statue of David, Leonardo may have been behind city fathers' decision to install a pair of brass underpants on the masterpiece for ...

Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Titian are to go on display in Scotland for the first time. More than 80 drawings by 57 different artists will be on show in The King’s Gallery at the ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate. Andrew Doyle is the author of “Free Speech and Why It Matters” and “The New Puritans.” ...