Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...
The Renaissance, often hailed as one of the most transformative periods in human history, gave rise to an unparalleled explosion of creativity. For anyone who’s stood before the Sistine Chapel or ...
Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art uses the cost of a cow to consider the worth of 16th-century objects. “Bird” (German, Nuremberg, 1580, ...
The University of Wisconsin School of Human Ecology unveiled its newest exhibition, ‘Remaking the Renaissance,’ curated by Textile Specialist and Research director for the Helen Louise Allen Textile ...
Jerry Jordan, a UW-Whitewater graduate and academic advisor at UW-Madison, creates paintings that showcase authentic Black ...
If you show a picture of Michelangelo’s statue of David, one of the most familiar works in art history, to a room full of schoolchildren they may smirk or giggle over the figure’s naked body. It only ...
Around 1400, Europe rediscovered the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome. Around 1400, Europe rediscovered the aesthetics of ancient Greece and Rome. This rebirth of classical culture showed itself ...
From admiring Renaissance art to indulging in gelato shops, these are the best things to do in Florence, according to locals.
Scientists have recovered tiny DNA traces left on Renaissance artefacts, at least some of which they suspect belong to visionary Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci. They have recovered trace DNA from ...
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