More than five centuries ago, a small number of style icons used flamboyant, luxurious looks to give them influence and power during a turbulent period of Italian history.

GENOA, Italy — The women featured in Sandro Botticelli’s painting "The Birth of Venus" and Leonardo da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa" have long been recognized as poster girls of the Italian Renaissance. Their ...

The Sack of Rome in 1527 was one of the most traumatic events in the ancient city’s history, marking a brutal collapse of Renaissance stability and shattering the prestige of the Vatican. The sack by ...

In 15th-century Italy, an architect known as Filarete came up with a groundbreaking system for expelling odors from the latrines of a hospital he was designing in Milan. Waste from the toilet rooms in ...

Nestled in the heart of Tuscany, Florence is a city of firsts: it was the birthplace of the Renaissance, home to artistic geniuses like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and the spot where the ...

Jamal Lisby details his "Heavenly Bodies" starting point and how Italy's rich history remains a reference point for designers.

In light of the interest in my recent story about George Ingham Barnett, I thought it might be worthwhile to look into the sort of education a young architect such as he would have received back in ...

You need not be a fashion aficionado to recognize names such as Versace, Valentino and Armani. They are but a few of the famous fashion names, along with Ferragamo, Capucci, Buccellati, Bvlgari, Ferré ...

Discover Italy's enchanting blend of history and modernity, where Florence's art legacy and Venice's timeless allure ...