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An 1832 portrait by Émile Signol of the French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). ( Villa Medici, Rome)

Portrait of Diane de Poitiers (1500-1566), author unknown, Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France. Diane de Poitiers was the favourite of Henry II of France (r. 1547-1559) despite being almost 20 years older than him. She lived in the Château...

Transfiguration of Christ, painting by Fra Angelico, photograph by Sailko, Florence, 22 July, 2009. This fresco painted by Fra Angelico in Cell 6 at the Convent of San Marco in Florence, now the San Marco Museum, shows Christ standing on...

George Gemistos Plethon, painting by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1461 CE. Palazzo Medici, Florence. George Gemistos Plethon was a leading philosophic thinker of his day. He moved to Mystras around 1407 CE, where he could more freely express...

Gallery of the Château de Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France. The gallery was commissioned by Catherine de' Medici (1519-1599). The gallery is 197 feet long (60 m) and 19.7 feet wide (6 m), hosted many lavish parties and is likely to have impressed...

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...

The Renaissance was a cultural revitalization that spread across Europe, and had repercussions across the globe, but one smallish city-state in Italy was in many ways the epicenter of the thing. Florence, or as Italians might say, Firenze...