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The Château de Chenonceau, picturesquely located astride the river Cher, in the Loire Valley town of Chenonceaux, France is a magnificent Renaissance-style building also known as le "Château des Dames" (the Ladies' Castle). Passing from hand...

The bronze panel showing Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac by the Italian Renaissance artist and architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446 CE). The panel was created in 1401 CE as a trial piece for the competition to see who would receive the...

The Sand Creek Massacre (29 November 1864) was a slaughter of citizens of the Arapaho and Cheyenne nations at the hands of the Third Colorado Cavalry of US Volunteers under the command of Colonel John Chivington, resulting in casualties estimated...

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was an Italian composer of around 40 operas, including the comic operas The Italian Girl in Algiers and The Barber of Seville. Rossini championed melody and beautiful singing over operatic drama, rattling out...

A marble figure of Saint George by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello (c. 1386-1466 CE). Completed c. 1415 CE for the Orsanmichele in Florence. (Bargello, Florence)

A marble relief panel showing Saint George and the dragon by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello (c. 1386-1466 CE). Completed c. 1415 CE for the pedestal of a statue of the saint in the Orsanmichele in Florence. (Bargello, Florence)

Populonia (Etruscan name: Pupluna or Fufluna), located on the western coast of Italy, was an important Etruscan town which flourished between the 7th and 2nd century BCE. Rich in metal deposits and so noted for its production of pig iron...

Eustathios Rhomaios was a prominent Byzantine judge and jurist during the late-10th and early- to mid-11th century. He studied Roman Law and began his career under Basil II (reign 976 to 1025) and became the chief judge during the mid-1020s...

The Uffizi complex in Florence, Italy. Construction of the Uffizi began in 1560 CE, and was completed in 1581 CE. It was originally intended to act as administrative office complex, and retains the name "Uffizi" (Italian for "offices"). The...

Pros ethikous by Sextus Empiricus, manuscript written in Italy, probably Ferrara, Florence, or Rome, during Isidore's participation in the Council of Florence, 1438-1445. LJS 380, folio 244v. University of Pennsylvania.