For centuries, Rome, Italy, has been a city of great importance. Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one of the most popular cities in the world for tourists, with millions ...

The Norton Simon in Pasadena may get overshadowed by LACMA, MOCA and the Broad, but its 12,000-piece collection is one of SoCal's best. Our critic offers a shortlist of don't-miss works.

She had two older brothers, Raphael and Giovanni. She had an older sister Giuseppina and younger sisters, Cirella and Rita, and two younger brothers Ciro and Francesco.

Raphael Biography Happily defying genetics, Raphael – Raffaello Sanzio, ‘prince of painters’, was son to one Giovanni di Sante of Urbino, ‘a painter of no great merit’, to cite Vasari. Fate would have ...

San Giovanni Lipioni, a tiny town in central Italy, has one of the oldest average populations in the country but hopes a marketing push will attract younger people.

During a recent visit to Raffaello Ristorante on 7th Street in San Pedro, there was a sizable birthday party in the front room. Not surprising, considering that Raffaello is event central for the ...

Correggio, Fresco in the dome of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma. Vision from the east. St. John's call to heaven. The cup was frescoed in 1520, the drum and spandrels in 1521. Note the array of ...

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library will present RAPHAEL, a five-week lecture series by art historian Victoria Martino, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death.