See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Baroque art typically brings to mind rosy-thighed cherubs, zaftig ...

BRUSSELS — An oft-repeated tagline throughout the promotion for “Michaelina: Baroque’s Leading Lady” is “Mysterious Michaelina”. The first-ever retrospective of the work of Baroque artist Michaelina ...

A rediscovered Baroque painting by the 17th-century Neapolitan artist Diana de Rosa has shattered expectations at Sotheby’s, setting a new auction record and reigniting interest in one of early modern ...

In the wake of the Council of Trent, as the Church of the Counter-Reformation era was striving to shape new cultural movements able to massively revive popular faith, the city of Rome was turned into ...

When it comes to adding some distinction to your home, few styles provide the dramatic touch that Baroque art does. Some designers use highly embellished, ornamental pieces to complete a room, while ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. Of all the things a painter might depict, a mirror is one of ...

'Allegory of Painting' (self-portrait), 1658. Sirani, Elisabetta (1638-1665). Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage ...

Josefa de Óbidos, “Child Jesus Salvator Mundi” (1680), oil on canvas (Collection Coimbra, Venerável Ordem Terceiraall images courtesy Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga) Born in Seville in 1630, de Óbidos ...

Pro-Vatican Baroque featured big canvases, dramatic statues, and exuberant architecture. After a century of religious wars, pro-Vatican Baroque art featured big canvases, dramatic statues, exuberant ...

Music director Joseph Baldwin conducts the Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana in the Classics of the British Choral Repertoire on Nov. 10 at University Place Christian Church in Urbana.Darrell ...