One year and three chemotherapy treatments later, she still has a wicked sense of humor, albeit a slowed-down delivery. And although only a tuft of hair has grown back, she is still beautiful.
Daniel Maidman | Posted 05.15.2012
All commissioned portraits testify to the wealth of their subjects. But Niccolò's portrait speaks more clearly than most. Straining my ear, I thought I heard him whispering across the centuries.
Posted 05.02.2012
Most of us know the Leonardo's famous works by now. From the "Last Supper" to the "Vitruvian Man" and, of course, the "Mona Lisa", Leonardo's masterpi...
Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 04.10.2012
Thomas Kinkade was one of the top grossing commercial artists of all time. He brought art into the homes of millions, many of whom could not afford to buy originals.
Lisa Petrides | Posted 05.27.2012
While some are quick to dismiss the disruptive changes in education today, I think we should welcome the highly collaborative, personalized, and affordable opportunities new digital technologies offer learners throughout the world.
Jill Fergus | Posted 05.19.2012
Ojetti, a loft suite with a skylight, boasts a glass-floored living room and a winding stone staircase that leads to a fabulous Florence-facing outdoor deck.
AP | By CIARAN GILES | Posted 04.22.2012
MADRID -- Crowds gathered Tuesday at Madrid's Prado Museum to view a copy of the "Mona Lisa" for the first time since restoration revealed it was almo...
Posted 02.16.2012
The recent Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery was regaled as the most comprehensive exhibition of his works ever -- truly the ultima...
Jon M. Sweeney | Posted 03.24.2012
The world's first "megachurch" did not originate in 1950s America. Instead, it sprouted in 15th century Florence. It was called San Marco and was led by a fiery preacher and friar named Girolamo Savonarola.
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 03.14.2012
A renaissance for change is coming into being, and it heralds an epoch for opportunity like none other.
Posted 01.13.2012
Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! We hope you're going to do something scary and fun tonight in honor of Jason Voorhees. This week at HuffPost Arts ...
Posted 01.10.2012
Notorious B.I.G. once said "Mo money, mo problems," and no one knows this quite like the Medici family. The ruling patrons of 14th century Florenc...
Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 02.20.2012
Tom Rhodes | Posted 02.18.2012
"Sacrifice of Isaac" depicts Abraham about to prove his devotion to God by slitting the throat of his son Isaac when a winged angel steps in to intervene.
Posted 11.22.2011
We've all been in that awkward situation where a new mother or father introduces us to their pride and joy, and all we can think is, "that baby's kind...
Jon M. Sweeney | Posted 01.05.2012
Have you ever seen Saint Francis smile? Neither have I, and that's unfortunate because, according to his biographers, he was one of the most joyous of men. Blame it on the iconographers.
ARTINFO | Posted 12.26.2011
In his biography of Leonardo da Vinci, the Oxford scholar Martin Kemp points out that the artist -- today considered a paragon of productivity -- was ...
AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 12.25.2011
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A possible 16th-century Michelangelo painting that hung for years in a local family's home is being displayed in Rome as part of...
The Daily Meal | Posted 12.06.2011
So grab your fairy wings and bring a hearty appetite. America's Renaissance faires are serving some traditional eats and time-honored tournaments.
ARTINFO | Posted 10.31.2011
A long-lost Leonardo Da Vinci mural, famed and copied by those who saw it before it was lost in the 16th century, may finally be found -- that is, if ...
Melanie Nayer | Posted 10.21.2011
This isn't the Thailand you've read about in books or seen in movies. There are no rainbow-colored umbrellas lining Mai Khoa Beach, no drug-selling monkeys or lace bra-clad women's prisons. This is other side of Thailand - the quiet, peaceful, proud, and lush landscaped Phuket.
Lydia Fisher | Posted 10.19.2011
We've had financial bubbles before. This one's got a twist though. It's fraught with complexity, scope, depth, widespread fraud and bad underwriting practices making coming out of it, all the more difficult.
Posted 09.26.2011
Organizers in London and Paris have agreed to an unorthodox plan that will place two nearly identical Leonardo da Vinci paintings side by side. The Vi...
Posted 09.16.2011
You might think that since the artists included in the slideshow below are famous, you know everything about them (and perhaps some of you do). But we...
The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 09.10.2011
How would you react if someone told you there was a Michelangelo in your dormitory? For at least one clergyman at the University of Oxford, the answer...
Ruth Neubauer | Posted 05.18.2012