Art

Did two paintings by the Italian master Caravaggio end up in a backstreet shop in Avignon?

Flowers formed from pith paper captured the imagination of British society in the 19th century, sparking a search for the elusive ‘rice paper’ plant.

An innocent woman resists two sexual predators, only to face a trial that reveals their guilt. 

A lusty gathering of Roman deities ends in embarrassment. 

Does the intelligent sea mammal, long associated with Venus, the goddess of love, offer a clue to a lost jewel of the Renaissance? 

Even in a pastoral idyll, there is death.

Holbein the Younger’s image still startles 500 years after its creation.

Love conquers all in Botticelli’s sensuous mythological masterpiece. 

A warning is ignored and a city falls in El Greco’s lurid depiction.