Overshadowed by its more famous neighbours, Ferrara has something those cities don’t – no signs of overtourism.

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 ...

Often gifted as personalised love tokens, 'belle donne', or 'beautiful women' plates, represent idealised 16th-century fantasies of beauty. Our collection includes several plates, dishes, and other ...

Long sold as a cheeky gift in European candy shops, chocolate sardines are making their way stateside (and making a splash) ...

This painting was holding a centuries-old secret that art historians were thrilled to find. A close examination of "Ecce Homo" by Renaissance artist Titian revealed another painting underneath.

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 ...

It is best known for its American Renaissance magazine and website. “In fact, blacks and Hispanics are, compared to whites, far more likely to be poor, illiterate, on welfare, or in jail; they are far ...

By The Learning Network What do you know about the Harlem Renaissance? How does the movement still resonate today? Post your comments and questions for our journalist Veronica Chambers by Feb.

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 ...

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 ...