Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

The Alsace region of France still represents a cultural continental divide, creating a fascinating mix of the best aspects of ...

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At ...

France’s easternmost region, Alsace, is also one of its most enchanting — thanks largely to its location. Pressed up against ...

The painted altarpiece displayed on the altar of San ... political reforms in Venice and from broader debates in other medieval Italian city states, has went on to influence western approaches ...

Rothenburg’s Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum ... a glorious 500-year-old altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider, the Michelangelo of German woodcarvers. For a closer view of this realistic ...

There’s a reassuring sense that even in the 14th century, there was a lot going on well outside the mainstream ...

The fair has a jewel of a 16th-century illuminated manuscript, and other museum-quality items, but fewer standouts over all. Sales were still brisk.