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After a year of pandemic social distancing, we know touch is a much-desired privilege. In the Italian Renaissance, people longed to touch not only each other, but also religious sculptures.
The Renaissance San Marco convent, now a museum, is where Fra Angelico lived and painted under the patronage of Cosimo de’ Medici. It was also where Savonarola proclaimed the Bonfire of the Vanities.
The first French novelist wrote about an adulterous affair and moved to Paris after separating from her husband.
The history of Italian literature cannot be understood without the vernacular poets. But their works were largely unknown until Lorenzo ‘the Magnificent’ sent a gift to the Prince of Naples.
The 17th-century plague of Italy has lessons for today: Back then, too, people broke public health laws, but there were clergymen who intervened.
Recipe sharing is all the rage in the pandemic as in other times of turmoil. English cookbooks of the 16th and 17th centuries promised recipes for comfort with a dash of glamour.
Nativity scenes showing the birth of baby Jesus first originated in the small Italian town of Greccio.
Channel 4 dating show Flirty Dancing is a reminder of the 18th century men who endured endless abuse to get Britain moving.
A new look at Renaissance paintings demonstrates the world has always been global.
Once called ‘the most important subject no one has heard of’, tribology is now a key part of the fourth industrial revolution.
A lot has been said about Leonardo and music, much of it speculation. But what do we know for sure?
Rather than prioritizing human beings at the pinnacle of the animal kingdom, Leonardo revered all living beings. When he compared people and animals, it’s the animals that often came out on top.
Airbnb has been criticised for contributing to housing problems in cities across Europe – but history shows there could be a way forward.
Painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, mathematician, anatomist: has anyone ever surpassed the genius of Leonardo?
One of the most significant woman of Venice’s golden age, Cornaro was an important figure in Renaissance politics, diplomacy and arts.
The HBO series can tell us a lot about how we view the Medieval world.
Humphrey Llwyd quite literally put Wales on the map.
Modern music fans like to surround themselves with images representing their musical tastes – and so did Renaissance Italians.
The word Europe only appears ten times in the works of William Shakespeare.
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Associate Professor of History, Auburn University
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sheffield
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Professor in the History of Art Islamic Art and Architecture, Yale University
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Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney
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