Stephen Campbell’s book reminds us of the lies and self-congratulations we employ to create useful history, making historical ...

The Renaissance is an age of rivalry, in the Center of Florence. So, you can imagine how that went. is famous for living like a Renaissance prince. who is famous for The Birth of Venus. it's 'The ...

Pontormo’s frescoes in San Lorenzo, finished after his death by Agnolo Bronzino ... Spain after the pope stripped Philip of the title of king of Naples. Catherine de’ Medici, Cosimo’s fourth cousin ...

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Featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others, a show at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace highlights the period’s works on paper—which, though frequently preparatory, stand as ...

But what brings him to the spotlight yet again are his latest inventions, a collection of four musical instruments collectively called Debtaar which not only displays heavenly craftsmanship but also ...

Later, however, he worked for the Medici and their allies, writing not only The Prince, which was dedicated to Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici, but also the Discourses on Livy (a treatise, in essence, on ...

Germans have invented many things we couldn’t live without anymore. We’ve limited a very long list to our personal “TOP 40 Inventions, Discoveries and Breakthroughs”. We hope not to have missed the ...

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Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on 18 March 1936, the son of Senator Jan De Klerk, a senior Cabinet Minister. His school years were spent mainly in Krugersdorp, where he ...