The image at the center of Albrecht Dürer's drawing "Praying Hands" has traveled a long way from its roots in the German Renaissance. It is the most enduring work by one of the greatest draftsmen in ...

VIENNA — When one thinks of the Renaissance it is arguably the big Italian names that enjoy most prolific exhibition coverage. Not least was the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci in ...

It's not uncommon for the human eye to pick out familiar-seeming shapes among clouds in the sky, nor for the human mind to experience, however briefly, the sensation that such a resemblance is more ...

WASHINGTON — It is rare for a museum to lend the heart of its most prized collection to another museum, but the Albertina in Vienna has done just that by shipping almost a hundred watercolors and ...