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San Marco Altarpiece, painting by Fra Angelico, photograph by Louis-Garden, Florence, 13 February, 2012. Between the years of 1438-1442 CE, Fra Angelico created The San Marco Altarpiece. As the name suggests, it was originally intended for...

The thermometer was invented in the mid-17th century during the Scientific Revolution when scientists began to search for an accurate instrument to measure a wide range of temperatures using a scale that could be compared with other readings...

The Etruscans produced bronze goods going back to the Villanovan period (1100-750 BCE) and used the material for all manner of objects, but it is their figure sculptures which have become some of the star attractions in museums worldwide...

The Black Death was a plague pandemic that devastated medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352. The Black Death killed an estimated 25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and was taken to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders...

A statue by Giambologna depicting Hercules fighting the centaur Nessos following the latter's attack on Hercules' wife Deianeira as they crossed the river Evenus. 1599 CE (Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy).

Amerigo Vespucci was a brave, Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived.

Lorenzo the Magnificent Receives the Tribute of the Ambassadors, fresco painting by Giorgio Vasari, c. 1556-1558. This fresco shows a crowd of ambassadors giving gifts to Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, as he sits on a raised throne...

Annunciation with Saint Peter Martyr, painting by Fra Angelico, photograph by Erik Möller, Florence, 19 May, 2005. In Cell 3 of the San Marco Convent, Fra Angelico painted the Annunciation with Saint Peter the Martyr in 1438 CE. Mary kneels...

The Scientific Revolution (1500-1700), which occurred first in Europe before spreading worldwide, witnessed a new approach to knowledge gathering – the scientific method – which utilised new technologies like the telescope to observe, measure...

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was a French impressionist painter who used many different media to capture dancers, bathers, horse races, and scenes from Parisian café society. A keen photographer, Degas' paintings frequently show real-life captured...