Explore Akrotiri, Santorini’s ancient city buried by a volcano. Is it older than Pompeii? Can you visit from port without a ...

"The frescoes' historical value can never be overestimated given the fact that few Tang Dynasty paintings, and ever fewer pieces of architecture, have survived to this date," says Zhong.

For inspiration, the cardinals can look at the sweeping frescoes from renowned Renaissance artists. The last conclave was held in March 2013 following Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, the first of ...

Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced yesterday, a week after the death of Pope Francis. So-called "Princes of the Church" under the age of 80 ...

The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state's art community to describe it as "Maine's Sistine Chapel." The murals were painted by artists ...

It is most renowned for Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes and The Last Judgment, painted on the altar wall 60 years after the chapel’s construction. The fresco depicts more than 300 figures ...

Like St. Peter’s, Santa Maria Maggiore is an opulent concoction of centuries’ worth of frescoes, mosaics and sculptures beneath a coffered ceiling that is trimmed in gold. In his will Francis ...

The printed A-line midi came in warm, earthy tones of brown and beige, featuring a delicate motif that echoed the intricate frescoes of Amber Fort. The pleated construction added movement and ...

Now that spring has sprung and warmer weather is coming (isn't it?), it’s time for some al fresco dining. There are many restaurants in eastern Mass. that offer outdoor patio or deck seating.

a feeling that seems only to deepen with prolonged contemplation,” he writes about the artist’s frescoes. “In the end I felt like I was suffocating.” To be always striving for brilliance ...

Roman frescoes and mosaics are highlighted during particular songs. Profiles of bronze statues meld with the faces of band members, linking past and present. Later scenes have the band backdropped ...