Renaissance Literature: Did you mean...?

A composite image showing five of the great Renaissance artists. Top left: Leonardo da Vinci Bottom left: Jan van Eyck Centre: Michelangelo Top right: Donatello Bottom right: Albrecht Dürer For original images, authors and copyright...

An artist's impression of a wedding in Renaissance Rome. From the game Old World.

A detail of a relief showing the interior of a Renaissance sculptor's workshop by Nanni di Banco. c. 1416 CE. (Or San Michele, Florence)

The so-called Renaissance Tomb, located in the Wadi Farasa in Petra (Jordan), has an elegant façade evoking elements of Italian Renaissance architecture, hence its name. The tomb façade consists of a triangular pediment resting on an entablature...

In which John Green teaches you about the European Renaissance. European learning changed the world in the 15th and 16th century, but was it a cultural revolution, or an evolution? We'd argue that any cultural shift that occurs over a couple...

From its infancy, Roman literature borrowed heavily from the Greeks. However, they were able to shake the shackles and create a vibrant literature of their own; poetry, prose, and history. The Roman authors influenced countless others in...

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 CE) was a German Renaissance artist who is considered one of the greatest painters and engravers in history. A native of Nuremberg, Dürer was famous in his own lifetime at home and abroad for his oil paintings, altarpieces...

The 1894 Renaissance Egg by Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920). The egg was given by Tsar Alexander III (r. 1881-1894) to his wife Marie Feodorovna. The egg is made of opaque agate with enameled gold mounts. The egg measures 13.5 cm (5.3 in...

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi. San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.

Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi. San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.