While Florence is often positioned as the center of the Renaissance by art historians, Siena was the site of a phenomenal artistic innovation and activity 1300-1350. Others think that Siena ushered in ...

When Edmund Blackadder memorably lamented, ‘Baldrick, to you the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people’, it was probably the citizens of Florence to whom he was referring. For ...

His engraving Battle of the Nudes shows a remarkable attention to musculature and movement, hinting at his involvement in ...

The Albizzi were one of the oldest families in Florence and led the republican ... passion for classical learning and good conversation. During the 1420s, Luca declared his public allegiance ...

Diminutive wine windows chiseled out of the facades of stone buildings in Florence and elsewhere in Tuscany experienced a rebirth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the small windows (also ...

The best time to visit Florence is between May and September when warm weather ushers in art festivals, open-air dining and the kind of Italian sunshine that inspired the Renaissance painters.

Encounter the great scientific minds and discoveries of the Renaissance ... introductory talk at the nearby British Institute of Florence during which Jeremy will set the scene with a presentation ...

HistoriCity: Florence is a mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim that challenges players to rebuild Renaissance Florence in the aftermath of the Black Plague.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, who dominated Florence's political and cultural life during the Renaissance. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family ...

In his vitrine works, Kiefer’s combination of lead (En Sof, 2016) and gold (Danae, 2016) - together with his wider use of fire and electrolysis - alludes to alchemical transformation, a practice for ...