This drama-documentary series offers an account of three of Italy’s monumental artists—Leonardo, Raphael and, as played by ...

Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...

A fascinating new book dives into the subtle but effective role of furniture in the cultivation of 20th-century Italian nationalism.

The phrase "humanist copyright" nods to Italian Renaissance philosophers such as Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, whose 1485 Oration on the Dignity of Man emphasized human autonomy in a human ...

Article citations More>> Palisca, C. V. (1985). Humanism in Italian Renaissance Musical Thought. Yale University Press. has been cited by the following article: TITLE: Two Letters on Music of Giovanni ...

Moreover, Renaissance scholars like Leonardo Bruni admired Athens for its democratic principles and civic culture, drawing a direct parallel with Florence. The competition between Italian city-states ...

The early 1500s marked the zenith of the Italian Renaissance, a time of unprecedented creativity, ambition, and political upheaval. Florence—long the cradle of art and humanist thought—stood at the ...

Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty starts on BBC Two at 9pm on Monday 2 December. Episode two of the three-part series will be shown on Monday 9 December at 9pm with the final episode broadcast ...

Leon Battista Alberti is one of the most extraordinary figures of the Italian Renaissance. He is perhaps best known today for his work designing or redesigning churches such as the Tempio Malatestiano ...

At New Zealand’s Victoria University, ancient Greek, Latin, and Italian were all given the ax. Michigan’s Cornerstone University, in Grand Rapids, reduced and merged its humanities programs.