Rare medieval rolled manuscript found in convent
A rare medieval illuminated manuscript has been uncovered in a York convent's archive. Dr Hannah Thomas discovered the ...
Greek Reporter2d
Why Renaissance Thinkers Saw Italy as the “New Ancient Greece”
Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?
The Tablet3d
Fra Angelico’s Paintings as Prayer
Feb. 18 is the feast of Blessed Fra Angelico, a Dominican friar and painter of the early Italian Renaissance. When Pope John ...
The Malta Independent6d
University of Malta hosts third edition of conference on artistic exchange in the Mediterranean
The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Malta are hosting the third edition of the conference titled ...
What is historic 'Blue Gold', costlier than real gold?
Lapis lazuli, valued like gold, has a rich 6,000-year history. Its primary source is Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, where ...
Crescendo Presents Revolutionary Renaissance Motets And Madrigals By Groundbreaking Composers Of The 16Th Century
Portrait of who is believed to be Raffaella Aleotti, and illuminated manuscript with a musician of color. Soloists, Instrumentalists and Co ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation25d
The strange history of citrus fruit spans ancient China and Rome to the Renaissance and today's lunchbox
But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...
The New York Times28d
In African Publishing, ‘There Is a Renaissance Going On’
“There is a renaissance going on,” Ominiabohs said in a phone interview from Lagos. “We are on the cusp of a new era.” But Aidarus also wanted to find and publish new Kenyan talen ...