A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo ...

I remember when, as a child, I fought my way to the front of a queue of sweaty tourists in the Louvre, only to be pulled ...

An exquisite miniature portrait by Italian painter Lavinia Fontana was serendipitously rediscovered after turning up at an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Professor of Geology and Water Resources at the Cairo University Abbas Sharaky explained that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was designed to hold 11 billion cubic meters, but its ...

It's the funniest take on the villainess genre in years, slightly parodic but in an affectionate way as Kenzaburo navigates his new life as a fifteen-year-old noblewoman in an otome game.

Artfully Walls Art that is carefully chosen and displayed can help pull the look of a room together (Credit: Artfully Walls) Imaginatively chosen and displayed art can both revive cherished ...

In 2024, the biggest and oldest names in computer-run hedge funds led the way, such as Renaissance Technologies, the firm founded by the late billionaire Jim Simons. The firm's two main funds avai ...