Bergamo, Italy, a Medieval Town of Art and Architecture Near Milan. Share full article. By Shivani Vora. Dec. 17, 2010; ... But the 1400s are just the beginning in Città Alta.

This Italian town is not only filled with historical artifacts, ... Backdropped by medieval buildings, catacombs, ... A Bernini painting of a Mary and Child adorns the walls inside as well.

Leonardo often spent time at the castle during the late 1400s as a member of the court of Duke Ludovico Sforza, who commissioned the artist for a painting featured in the property’s Sala delle ...

A 14th Century portrait that hung in a Cambridge museum for decades has been revealed as double-sided after a 600-hour restoration project. The Virgin Mary and Christ Child by Italian Renaissance ...

The painting, which features an image of the Virgin Mary holding a baby Jesus, was originally commissioned by the Roman Catholic Church in 1470. Its estimated value is $109 million.

Experts have discovered a secret portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, that has been hidden for centuries — beneath another painting. X-ray technology was used to reveal the ghostly unfinished ...

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Leonardo da Vinci excelled in the fields of art and science, but the Italian polymath was also a highly skilled circle-arrow Play Button ...

Once only indicated through a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci from around 1495, concealed passageways have been discovered underneath the Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy.

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Leonardo da Vinci excelled in the fields of art and science, but the Italian polymath was also a highly skilled expert in military structures and defensive systems ...