If you go to Italy, or to the Italian Renaissance galleries of an art museum, you may find yourself wondering how artists of the time created work of such refinement and complexity. What were the ...

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 ...

Petrarch yearns for his beloved, Laura – who has few specific attributes bar being fair-haired and modest – even after her death. Another celebrated writer of the Italian Renaissance, Angelo Poliziano ...

The study of such canonical authors as Dante, Petrarca, and Boccaccio, and the masters of the Italian Renaissance (Ariosto, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and Tasso), of modern poetry (Leopardi, Ungaretti ...

Cozy streets, medieval buildings, and traditional crafts – the city has preserved its cultural heritage and incredible charm ...

Conclave, a gripping thriller based on Robert Harris' novel, follows the intense process of electing a new Pope.

From running track to running lines, "Modern Family" star Julie Bowen has found a great deal of success throughout her life.

Championed as the first Italian painter to reject Byzantine formulae and paint in a fleshier manner, Cimabue is widely admired as the godfather of Renaissance painting. Flora’s study ...

He once created a Donald Duck costume for Rihanna. In the hospitality sphere ... where a roaring and playful Hellmouth fireplace, in the style of 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter Giulio Romano ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In the peak of summer, Florence, Ravenna and Bologna are crowded with tourists, but nearby is another beautiful Italian Renaissance ...

As reality rears its ugly head as we return to work after all those holiday parties and events, the quirky mashup of history and fantasy known as the Brevard Renaissance Fair returns to offer ...