The concept of “art for art’s sake” may be a fine vision, but the reality of art is often far less idealistic. From Napoleon’s patronage of Jacques-Louis David to John F. Kennedy’s choice of Robert ...
Michelangelo is believed to have made the rarely seen drawings while in hiding after the pope sentenced him to death. Drawings believed to be by Michelangelo in the Stanza Segreta, or Secret Room, at ...
Portrait paintings are sometimes described as windows into the soul. The Renaissance likenesses presented in the Metropolitan Museum’s “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570” have other ...
The sweep of Italian history and art history in dazzling portraits from the dynasty’s final hurrah, on view in a sumptuous exhibition at the Met. By Roberta Smith It’s hard to imagine Florence, cradle ...
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