ROME (AP) — The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century “virtual influencer.” The ...

A long-lost painting by Sandro Botticelli, depicting the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, was found in a family home in Gragnano, Italy, south of Naples. The masterpiece, missing for nearly 50 years ...

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli was an unpredecented painting when it was painted in 1485. ... Botticelli’s art historical allusions can seem equally whimsical—a mishmash of references.

What Is Botticelli’s Greatest Painting? The 10 Most Iconic Works by the Florentine Artist, ... Mars, not even a gorgeous Venus, a wasp’s nest, or a satyr tooting a conch directly in his ear.

The painter behind 'Birth of Venus' invented a new kind of art. Breaking new ground, Botticelli's iconic Renaissance masterpieces used Christian themes and classic myths to celebrate his patrons ...

The painting Venus and Mars by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli has left the National Gallery in London for the first time since its acquisition in 1874.. The artwork, which will be ...

The tourist campaign “trivializes our heritage in the most vulgar way, transforming Botticelli’s Venus into yet another stereotyped female beauty,” Livia Garomersini, an art historian and ...

ROME — The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century “virtual influencer.” The digital ...

Sandro Botticelli's iconic goddess of love in his 15th-century masterpiece “Birth of Venus” has now become a “virtual influencer” in a new Italian tourism campaign.