A previously unknown work has been analyzed and revealed using scientific research underneath an oil painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecellio, better known as Titian. The painting ...

Photographing people comes easily to some, but can feel daunting to others. Although there are many technical aspects to consider, you also need to build a rapport with your subject. In this photo ...

Throughout history, portraits featuring the human profile have evolved to reflect changing cultural norms. A new study led by Helena Miton, a Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Fellow, and co-authored by Dan ...

The wildly popular website Awkward Family Photos is beginning to branch off into awkward office photos, so now is a good time to make sure that you and your colleagues do not end up among the ...

Igor Babailov is one of the most sought-after portrait painters of our time. He is a world-renowned master of painting and drawing and is an academician of the Russian Academy of Art (established in ...

One of the three Armada portraits of Queen Elizabeth I Woburn Abbey Collection After weeks of bitter conflict in summer 1588, England vanquished a tremendous fleet of 130 Spanish ships known as the ...

David’s original painting of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his wife depicted the couple as self-indulged nobles rather than liberal leaders of science. Met conservator Dorothy Mahon performs ...

“What I want above all,” Florence Henri said near the end of her long life, “is to compose the photograph as I do with painting. Volumes, lines, shadows and light have to obey my will and say what I ...

Human cognition and cultural norms have changed the composition of human portraits, according to a new analysis of European paintings from the 15th to the 20th century. Throughout history, portraits ...