Virtually nothing is known about the life of Cenni di Pepo, better known as Cimabue (c. 1240-1302), the Florentine artist often called the father of Western painting. A mere two decades after his ...

“A New Look at Cimabue: At the Origins of Italian Painting” is on view at the Louvre in Paris through May 12.

“A new look at Cimabue: the origins of Italian painting” runs through January 22-May 12, 2025 at the Louvre in Paris.

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“The Louvre is so much more than just the ... serves as recurrent inspiration for designers, such as Italian Renaissance paintings for Maria Grazia Chiuri at Christian Dior, Medieval tapestries ...

The change will actually help visitors experience the Louvre in a truly personal ... but it is also the most glorious food painting of the Italian Renaissance. The Mona Lisa is not scheduled ...

This photograph shows the painting "La Joconde" (the Mona Lisa) by Italian artist Leonardo Da Vinci at the Louvre museum in Paris, Jan. 28, 2025. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images The painting's ...