The Renaissance lasted from the 1300s to the late 1600s, and what a time it was to be alive. Even if you don't love ...

Among the many things I love about Italy is how the Renaissance can be spliced into your travels. Imagine: In Florence, you ...

On a bright Spring day in Tuscany, sometime around 1500 CE, a dowdy merchant in the lovely city of Florence rolled out of bed. He smelled something different in the air. He sprang from his bed, but ...

Dr. Amy Boyington shares how the fashion trend of wearing one pearl earring overtook Europe during the Renaissance.

Renaissance art calls to mind some of the greatest names in art history—Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello, just to name a few. Lesser known, however, are the influential women artists who ...

In Europe, the Renaissance was fueled by newly rediscovered classical sculpture, taking inspiration from the naturalism of antiquity. It also made the scientific study of anatomy a central part of ...