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Tuscany’s Wine Windows – An Architectural Curiosity Makes a Comeback

First used during the bubonic plague in the 17th century, Tuscany's wine windows are reopening. Learn more about…

A detail on Simone Martini's "Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus" is my entry for "blue" for…

Only 37 when he died in 1520, Raphael was one of the most influential artists of his day.

Leonardo da Vinci, the original Renaissance Man, was born in Italy more than 500 years ago. Yet despite…