Interestingly, the artist painted the piece after his return from Italy, where not only did he get to know Italian Renaissance art, but he also became convinced about the necessity of painting ...

Text King Zygmunt August’s tapestries, the jewel of the Wawel collection and a symbol of the grandeur of old Poland, have been constituting a magnificent testimony to Renaissance art on Polish soil [.

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was shaping and being shaped by the visual arts of that period. From the 14th ...