Explore this selection of paintings, poems, compositions and more to commemorate Independence Day.

A modest pencil drawing of the wreathed head of the god Silenus will go on public display for the first time in Derby this week. The drawing is the earliest known work by the city’s most famous ...

The world-famous site said it had excavated in recent weeks a nearly life-size frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine, painted on three sides of a large banquet room.

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, the archaeological site said Wednesday. A general ...

Even if you're not an art history buff, there are surely masterpieces out there you've seen more than once or know by name. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, for one, is one of the greatest-known ...

I love art, and though Renaissance art isn't my favorite, I always find myself utterly and completely floored by its level of complexity. It's so complex, and there are lots of hidden Easter eggs that ...

Greek mythology has been reflected in paintings and hundreds of vivid works that have come to be considered masterpieces.

Leonardo conducts scientific experiments and paints the most famous portrait on earth.

Art, one of the most creative, beautiful, and unique forms of expression, has been around for centuries. From the early cave paintings of fire and fox, to the newer depictions of modern art on ...

The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere —a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public display after a five-year restoration.