During the early 15th century the Medici family helped foster a cultural revolution that took Italy out of the dark ages. Cut to the present. The English-language “Medici: Masters of Florence” TV ...

Truly a Renaissance Man, Michelangelo was a master of multiple art forms. But based on his fortifications designs, maybe not ...

The concept of “art for art’s sake” may be a fine vision, but the reality of art is often far less idealistic. From Napoleon’s patronage of Jacques-Louis David to John F. Kennedy’s choice of Robert ...

The new season of the series, which airs on Netflix in the U.S., will star Daniel Sharman, Bradley James and Sean Bean. By Scott Roxborough German production heavyweight Beta Film has signed up to ...

FLORENCE, Italy — For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords. Now, the raised passageway that connects the city’s Uffizi Galleries to the former ...

April 13 marks what would have been the 500th birthday of Catherine de' Medici. As well as producing queens and popes, the Medici family unscrupulously managed the wealth of Western Europe for ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The biggest name in the cast of Medici: Masters of Florence (SBS, Thursday, 8.35pm) lasts all of 90 seconds before carking it. So long, ...

It also proved one of their highlights. That was not perhaps so difficult. The series, which will air on RAI last quarter, and has already been renewed for a second season, is shot in the very same ...

The streaming giant adds multiple international territories for the Italian-set period drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden, which will bow Dec. 9 in the U.S. By Scott Roxborough, Ariston ...

Bertoldo di Giovanni and collaborators Frieze for the Portico of the Medici Villa at Poggio a Caiano (detail), ca. 1490 Glazed terracotta 22 7/8 x 571 1/4 inches Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano, Polo ...