It is something of an Italian Renaissance trope that during the 15th and 16th centuries, painting rose in social and intellectual status, ranking itself alongside the art of poetry. Less known is ...

Especially in the use of light. "The way Baroque artists paint light," Candil began, "the way they understand, they understood light as a way of creating and conveying atmosphere and expression and ...

vaulted ceilings, and scholarly atmosphere Baroque architecture, frescoed ceilings, impressive woodwork, and ancient book collections Iconic Long Room, historic manuscripts, architectural beauty, and ...

Photography transplants process into an illusionistic space that suppresses painting’s qualification of depicted time. Material presence becomes an image of presence, super-imposing a conventional ...