‘Inexplicably, the painting had been forgotten by the authorities.’ A spokesman for the Italian Ministry of ... “The pope donated it to a small countryside church as a tribute to obtain ...

Hidden in the heart of the Italian countryside lies a breathtaking Renaissance ... the home remains a masterpiece of art and architecture - frescoes, grand halls, and ornate details frozen in ...

A group of postgraduates stay for a few weeks each summer to paint under the eye of a tutor ... We’re enveloped by countryside so beautiful, you just can’t stop staring at it.

“Here” is Jesus’ brown hair, on a 700-year-old fresco of the crucifixion, in a cave church in Puglia, Italy. Jesus’ eyes ... frescoes and Renaissance paintings. In the other, participants ...

While Italy’s city life thrums with energy and history, there’s something quietly captivating about the countryside. Think rolling hills dotted with olive groves, vineyards that seem to stretch for ...

Other countryside inns specialize in providing a particularly upscale experience amid the rolling Italian hills ... Andrea fill their place with vivid art, and even host art installations and ...

FLORENCE, Italy — Compared to showier works in Florence’s Pitti Palace — paintings by Caravaggio, Raphael, and Titian — the small “Vase of Flowers” by Jan van Huysum might barely earn ...

ROME, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Italy's junior culture minister Vittorio Sgarbi, an art critic and outspoken TV personality whose brief includes protecting the country's cultural heritage, is under ...