The recent political shift in West Bengal has by now been analysed threadbare in the media and in street-corners across the ...

The Biblioteca Marciana in Venice houses one of the richest collections of Greek manuscripts in the world. A masterpiece of ...

This course provides an introduction to the literature of the English Renaissance, studied in a variety of historical contexts—poetic, intellectual, religious, and political. have a broad ...

The Bachelor’s degree offers an in-depth encounter with Italian language, tradition, and cultural heritage. Focusing on the centuries when Italy led Western art and literature, i.e. the late Middle ...

Most people who view the 15th-century red chalk drawing known as “Holy Child” might admire its artistry. Others may wonder about its creator, believed to be Leonardo da Vinci. But a group of ...

If you close your eyes and picture an artistic genius, chances are that the portrait will be framed by a Romantic ideal that took shape 200 years ago: an artist dedicated solely to his (almost always ...

What started as a 1960s school fundraiser in California became a nationwide escape into the past. Here’s the history behind the Renaissance fairs and how they blend fantasy, theater, and community in ...

On a recent trip to the US, when I entered Dunbar’s 121-year-old Victorian-style house, situated in a peaceful suburb of Dayton, Ohio, I felt as if I had stepped into the troubled space of loneliness ...

From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...

With minimal ingenuity, any historical period can be made to dissolve into the ones around it. Take the rock revolution—that great shift which, emerging in the mid-nineteen-fifties and established by ...

The Harlem Renaissance fostered a flourishing cultural, intellectual and artistic haven for African American people, including Langston Hughes. At the time of writing, Black consciousness within ...