Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. The Italian Baroque flourished in the South more than in the North, but ...

Italy has spent €30 million on a rare Caravaggio painting of a young man who went onto become Pope Urban VIII in a move to protect and strengthen its national cultural heritage and make art more ...

Naples, Italy — The ticket taker on the train from Rome had to shout to get my attention. I was staring out the window, iPod cranked up high, the divine voice of Cecilia Bartoli pouring Baroque soap ...

The picturesque Italian city of Lecce is known as the 'Florence of the South' thanks to its stunning and sophisticated Baroque architecture. Located in the south of the country, it boasts many ...

pt. 1. Period of transition and the early Baroque, circa 1600-circa 1625. Rome : Sixtus V to Paul V (1585-1621) -- Caravaggio -- The Carracci -- Caravaggio's followers and the Carracci school in Rome ...

At the Nevada Museum of Art, in one room of its current "Italian Baroque" paintings exhibit, the Dandini clan is holding a family reunion of sorts. There are the patriarchs, brothers Vincenzo and ...

The summer months can get very hot – July and August are probably best spent sipping an Aperol spritz by the beach – while the less stifling temperatures in the low seasons are ideal for visiting ...

LECCE, Italy -- In Italy, everything begins - or ends - with an espresso. There was a beaming September sun shining on the narrow Via Torino the Sunday morning we arrived early in Rome. From where we ...

500 prints, 110 artworks, 50 lamps, 43 Murano chandeliers, 32 mirrors, 21 consoles, 29 statues, 12 columns and 6 tapestries. It’s a fairly good deal for a house. Especially when that house is less of ...