The Nazis thought him ‘dangerous’, the communists spurned him as ‘decadent’ — now a new museum in Prague seeks to revive his ...

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was ...

Few would argue against the fact that the Renaissance period produced some of the most beautiful art the world has ever seen.

Following the Dark Middle Ages, which saw few advancements, the Renaissance era promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature, and art. This push created the humanism movement ...

06 February 2025, 5:30 pm–7:30 pm This lecture revisits the emergence of a humanist ideal of the body through the lens of disability material ... Javascript is required to view this map. Lecturer in ...

Fresco by Giovanni Cimabue in the Lower Basilica of Assisi. Credit: Cimabue, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 One of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in European history is the significant impact of ...

THE ANNUAL RENAISSANCE FAIR WILL BE BACK IN MELBOURNE THIS WEEKEND, BUT IN A NEW SPOT. A MONTH LONG EVENT WILL NOW BE AT CASTLE PARK ON NEW YORK AVENUE, NOT WICKHAM PARK. WESH 2 NEWS MEGAN ...

promoted by humanist studies, contributed to the creation of a new style by Donatello, Ghiberti, Masaccio and Brunelleschi. Concomitantly, traditional art forms such as tapestry and embroidery, ...

The show rightly avoids the bias toward Florence in early Renaissance narratives that unfold in most museums and art history curricula outside of Italy. However, recent trailblazing research is ...

A Professor of Geology and Water Resources at the Cairo University Abbas Sharaky explained that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was designed to hold 11 billion cubic meters, but its ...

Artfully Walls Art that is carefully chosen and displayed can help pull the look of a room together (Credit: Artfully Walls) Imaginatively chosen and displayed art can both revive cherished ...

In 2024, the biggest and oldest names in computer-run hedge funds led the way, such as Renaissance Technologies, the firm founded by the late billionaire Jim Simons. The firm's two main funds avai ...