Bizzarrini is back with its first modern car in decades. It's the new Giotto, a mid-engine supercar powered by a Cosworth V-12. The new car draws its name from Giotto Bizzarrini, a talented engineer ...

Fourteenth-century frescoes in the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi have been damaged by over-ambitious restorations, Italian daily La Repubblica reports. Experts claim the frescoes have been ...

The restoration of one of the world's most famous fresco paintings - Giotto's masterpiece in the Scrovegni chapel in Padua - is nearing completion and will be open to the public again on 18 March. The ...

A devilish head in the clouds of a Giotto mural appears. (via dailymail.co.uk) In today’s dose of art history geek news, we turn to the Daily Mail, which reports that “art restorers have discovered ...

While any number of car makers took the surname of their founders, it’s no small matter to name a car after the given name of the man who created it. Lamborghini still doesn’t have a Ferruccio, after ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I thought: Is this ...

Designed by Giotto in the early 14th century, this ornate 277-foot high bell tower is part of the renowned Duomo in central Florence's Piazza del Duomo. Although it is known as Giotto's Bell Tower, it ...

Art restorers have discovered the figure of a devil hidden in the clouds of one of the most famous frescos by Giotto in the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi. The devil was hidden in the details of ...

A UK judge says a Giotto painting worth £10 million ($13.2 million) isn’t going anywhere but home. In a decision delivered on Monday, Judge Justice Carr upheld the Arts Council England’s refusal to ...