Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Cristian Baitg Schreiweis/Getty Images From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa ...

Blaze of colours. St Alban's Cathedral is illuminated in rich, warm lights. Image (C) Tim Sandle Blaze of colours. St Alban's Cathedral is illuminated in rich, warm lights. Image (C) Tim Sandle St ...

The reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after the fire that devastated its roof and spires and made it unusable, is “a renaissance,” Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich told CNA.

Nanni di Banco, “St. Luke the Evangelist” (1408–13), marble, and Donatello, “St. John the Evangelist” (1408–15), marble, both of which were in niches alongside the Florence Cathedral’s main portal and ...

Experts have uncovered a painting beneath centuries of dirt in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna that may be the work of a famed Renaissance artist. The large wall painting, which is believed to be ...

Nestled in the heart of Tuscany, Florence is a city of firsts: it was the birthplace of the Renaissance, home to artistic geniuses like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and the spot where the ...

When people think of the Renaissance, they often picture soaring cathedrals, brilliant paintings, and the rise of bold new thinkers changing Europe forever. It’s become a symbol of creativity and ...

Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore astonished the world with its colossal dome ingeniously designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. Crowning gloryThe great dome that tops the Cathedral of Santa ...

A 15th-century painting -- a Renaissance altar piece that turned up in a church storage closet here 50 years ago -- was escorted back to St. James Cathedral yesterday with song and pageantry after ...

From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...

The reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after the fire that devastated its roof and spires and made it unusable, is “a renaissance,” Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich told CNA.