Art

Discover Italy’s most important art cities and the masterpieces that define them. Compare cultural highlights, reserve museum tickets, find hotels and choose useful books for your journey.

A chronological guide to Italian art movements and periods, with clear definitions, leading artists, approximate dates, museum recommendations, ticket links and art books.

Journey through the history of Italian art and discover its greatest artists, movements, museums and masterpieces, plus official links for planning museum visits and purchasing tickets.

Giotto di Bondone gave sacred stories unprecedented physical presence and human emotion. This expanded biography examines his revolutionary style, the Scrovegni Chapel, the disputed Assisi frescoes, his work in Florence and the most important places to see his art today.

Fra Filippo Lippi transformed early Renaissance painting through graceful figures, emotional Madonnas and monumental frescoes. Explore his life, relationship with Lucrezia Buti, Medici patronage, greatest works and the Italian cities where his art can still be seen.

(1475 - 1532) Bernardino Luini was a North Italian painter from Leonardo's circle, a conservative painter who took "as much from Leonardo as his...

Marino Marini transformed horses, riders, female figures and portrait heads into powerful symbols of modern life. This guide examines his Tuscan origins, artistic development, principal themes, major works and the museums where his art can be seen.

Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone, known as Masaccio, was not only the greatest Florentine painter of the early fifteenth century, but remains one of...

Amedeo Modigliani was born in Italy in the Livorno ghetto in 1884. His father, a ruined banker, died young and his mother, a descendant...

Raphael transformed Renaissance art through his harmonious Madonnas, perceptive portraits, monumental Vatican frescoes and study of classical Rome. Follow Raffaello Sanzio from his childhood in Urbino and formative Florentine years to The School of Athens, the Transfiguration and his enduring influence on Western art.

All three of the Rossetti siblings would have important effects on late-nineteenth-century English culture: Christina became a well-regarded poet, and William Michael became an...

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Venice. Follow his career from the churches and palaces of Venice to the immense frescoes of the Würzburg Residence and the Royal Palace of Madrid, with a practical guide to the best places to see his work today.

Jacopo (Robusti) Tintoretto, born in 1518, was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the...

Paolo Uccello (born Paolo di Dono in 1397) was a Florentine painter who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art....

Explore the Vatican Museums in Rome with this practical guide to the Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms, tickets, opening hours, nearby hotels and useful books.

Donatello transformed Renaissance sculpture through classical form, psychological realism and technical innovation. Explore his two David sculptures, Gattamelata, Mary Magdalene and the masterpieces visitors can see across Florence and Padua.

The most beautiful Italian lighting available in US Perhaps you've seen beautiful Italian lighting such as floor lamps, chandeliers, table lamps on a TV show...

Clementoni puzzles are crafted in Italy using premium quality materials to enhance the carefully selected imagery featured on each puzzle.