Giotto's magnificent fresco in Padua is certainly the first influence (along, of course, with Dante) on the Santa Croce fragment, laying the pattern for the sardonic, burlesque treatment of both ...

Some 15 homeless people in Padua have been given a special tour of the frescoes in the Veneto city's former medieval court, ...

But in a kind of restoration miracle, much of the rest of the Giotto fresco is back on the soaring ceiling of St. Francis Basilica, five years after an earthquake sent the masterpiece crashing to ...

Stories, such as recent movies "Nosferatu” and “Baby Girl,” rooted in universal virtues, encourage reflection on our own ...