The recovery of the artistic ideals of classical antiquity between 1400 and 1600 was hardly the only major period of cultural ...

"It wasn't easy deciding what songs to play, but it was wonderful at the same time because we had so much to choose from.” ...

Renaissance singer Annie Haslam and one of the band's founding members, former Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty are to team up for some History Of Renaissance live shows in the US in November. That means ...

The world-spanning art of the Harlem Renaissance. A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the world-spanning art of the Harlem Renaissance. In January 1969, the Metropolitan Museum ...

The Renaissance, often hailed as one of the most transformative periods in human history, gave rise to an unparalleled explosion of creativity. For anyone who’s stood before the Sistine Chapel or ...

From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...

Richard A. Goldthwaite, a renowned historian specializing in the economic and social history of Renaissance Florence, died March 4 in Italy at the age of 90. Professor emeritus in the Krieger School's ...

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The Hamilton College F.I.L.M. series — an acronym for Forum on Image and Language in Motion — returns at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, ...

For 31 years people have been gathering for the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival to experience a medieval village blended with fantasy. From cheering on a favorite knight jousting for a king's ...