The discovery adds to evidence that preparatory drawings were common practice for Venetian artists as well as for their ...

Rome's famed 'cradle of Caravaggio, San Luigi de' Francesi, has got a new lighting system for the iconic Cycle of St Matthew painted by the Italian pre-Baroque master in the French church in the late ...

Packed with renowned cultural treasures and landmarks like the Colosseum and the Sistine Chapel, Rome also has its share ... monsters staring at you from a 16th-century palazzo.