Rubens & women

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua, bargained, cajoled and went behind her family’s back to get what she desired. Meet 16th-century Italy’s most formidable collector

JENNY SAVILLE IS KNOWN FOR HER LARGE-SCALE PORTRAITS of the female body, often depicted with grotesque exaggeration and distorted features. She links the intricacies of bodily flesh to the layering of

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman

In July 1575, Robert Dudley enlisted mythological figures to convince Elizabeth I to wed him. Exactly 450 years later, artist Lindsey Mendick reveals how and why she reinterpreted their encounter in her installation for Kenilworth Castle

A pound of flesh NEVER was an ...