Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

This image shows a terracotta portrait of Florence landmark cathedral's architect Filippo Brunelleschi dating back to the early Renaissance, which was recently found among the furnishings of an ...

This story appears in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. In 1418 the town fathers of Florence finally addressed a monumental problem they’d been ignoring for decades: the ...

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

The weekend of May 26 th, we headed to Florence where we were greeted by the sight of the Florence Cathedral. As part of my program, we went to the Medici Palace, the renaissance home ... I expected a ...

While Florence is often positioned as the center of the Renaissance by art historians ... in 1308 he was commissioned to paint the grand altarpiece for Siena’s cathedral. This enormous double-sided ...

Quick: Think of the phrase "Florence, Italy ... is "Brunelleschi's Dome," after its daring Renaissance architect, or that its real name is the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.

HistoriCity: Florence is a mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim that challenges players to rebuild Renaissance ...

Florence, a historical strategy city-building simulation game developed by Stratagem Interactive. Players will rebuild ...

With its museums, churches, Renaissance-style ... Would you like to visit Florence? Discover some articles to help you plan out your trip: This impressive cathedral, whose construction began ...