The Renaissance tends to be thought of as the wellspring of high culture in the West, giving us humanistic inquiry, vernacular literature and linear perspective, but it was also an era of disaster ...

When it comes to the Renaissance, few of us would immediately equate the rich cultural fruits of the period with the birth of the modern banking system. But a new exhibition in Florence is showing ...

The Renaissance period that most people are familiar with had a lasting stronghold on history because the people of the time took advantage of a newly rediscovered monetary system of double-entry ...

The Renaissance, a cultural movement that began in 14th-century Italy and spread across Europe, marked a period of profound change in art, science, literature and philosophy. Rooted in a ...

One of my favorite Bitcoin artists goes by the name Proof of Paint, who is a master at infusing his paintings with a sense of depth and his human figures a sense of warmth using luminous color. His ...

Scientific communication increased immensely, inventors like Galileo challenged the old school of thought and artists created a style called realism – this was the Renaissance.

These are the Renaissance-era Pavia Tapestries. “The medium of tapestry [carries] a luxury and prestige that oil paintings may not. Plus, ... 1001 Bissonnet, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

She was a ‘supermodel’ of the Pre-Raphaelite period. Now art historians are course-correcting the ... of 15th-century Italian artmaking that saw the medieval era give rise to the Renaissance.

It has been 55 years since the Met showed Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America, 1900—1968, an exhibition on the Harlem Renaissance era, without a lick of Black art.

The Beyhive also learns more about Bey’s childhood with her late Uncle Jonny, who inspired the Renaissance era, and her concerted efforts to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and ballroom culture.