Heliocentrism’s triumph reshaped the epistemological foundations of knowledge itself. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The intellectual...
Renaissance
It represents a fusion of art, science, and engineering. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Leonardo da...
He was a man of insatiable curiosity and a hallmark of modern multidisciplinarity. By Dr. José VioscaSpanish...
The “lifestyle” genre between 1500 and 1570. Introduction “Painting is used in the service of the church...
Lisbon was a global city in the 15th and 16th centuries, full of different objects from all...
Slavery in Renaissance Europe was very much an urban phenomenon. Introduction The first questions are: Who were...
“Human knowing is powerless in the study of another world.” By Sh Fayzulloeva MAssistant ProfessorTajik State University...
Artists, like the majority of those born outside privileged circles, had to work for a living. Introduction...
Practicing one’s trade in a Renaissance republic generally required required membership or approval. Working for the Man...
Exploring caves of the Italian Renaissance and their reception abroad. This article, Petrified Waters: The Artificial Grottoes...
Navigating the art of the past requires a different set of tools. Why Study Italian Renaissance Art?...
In pursuit of balance, we may try everything but get to the bottom of nothing. Introduction One...
The letters of Isabella d’Este give us a unique look into the lives of women in high...
Much of the ancient art known in the renaissance was not excavated but already part of the...
Different factors contributed to the learned medicine tradition through the more open attitudes of Renaissance humanism. Introduction...
They extolled the active life of the citizen and praised humanity’s capacity to achieve greatness through knowledge....
Revealing valuable visual evidence as to how artistic ingenuity was at times the result not of one...
Many painters in Venetian Crete worked in what was called the “Greek style” and thus retained traits...
The presence of Black sub-Saharan Africans in Venice is well-known to historians. The Miracle of the Relic...
Pressures to elevate the artistic profession began in earnest in the midst of the rising Renaissance era....
This was an intellectual conversation starter—filled with meanings waiting to be decoded by an elite, art-literate audience....
Renaissance architecture was an evolving movement that is, today, commonly divided into three phases: Early, High, and...
Humanists believed in the importance of an education in classical literature and the promotion of civic virtue....
He embodied the ideal of sprezzatura (the appearance of nonchalant effortlessness in his creative process). Introduction Raffaello...
He was mythologized by followers, emulated by artists, celebrated by humanists, and patronized by a total of...
It was perhaps inevitable that the distinction between original and copy became blurred in the Renaissance art...
These expensive commodities were one of the major assets of a workshop. Introduction There were three principal painting...
They were places where ideas were experimented with and where new trends could be studied, discussed, and...
Ideas were transmitted across Europe as scholars published their own works, commentaries on ancient texts, and criticism...
Exploring some changes in European life that led to the Renaissance. Introduction Much of the power in...