Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was shaping and being shaped by the visual arts of that period. From the 14th ...
Petrarch yearns for his beloved, Laura – who has few specific attributes bar being fair-haired and modest – even after her death. Another celebrated writer of the Italian Renaissance, Angelo Poliziano ...
Fresco by Giovanni Cimabue in the Lower Basilica of Assisi. Credit: Cimabue, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 One of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in European history is the significant impact of ...