combining the Gothic style of the Middle Ages with the paintings and decorations of the greatest artists of the Italian ...

The story of winemaking is also the story of the Mediterranean peninsula where it has been an art for thousands of years.

Florence is one of the most visited cities in Italy, attracting millions of tourists a ... the city grew to become a cultural center that influenced the world during the late Middle Ages and ...

As I type these words the whole of Italy ... those of say, late Imperial Russia or Weimar Germany, and is atomized and tranquilized by the internet. Instead, he hopes for a renaissance inspired ...

Humanism focused not on our sinfulness, as dominated the Middle Ages ... the Renaissance, it's art for art's sake, adorning not a church but a noble family's courtyard. ♪ By the late 1400s ...

Derived from the Polish name for Italy, namely Włochy ... and groats became popular between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, but not groats as we know them nowadays. They were ‘quasi-groats’ – ...

The dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy ... the nascent Renaissance’s liberation from the airless constraints of the Middle Ages. The first problem to be solved ...

From Ancient Egypt to modern times, tattoos have been part and parcel of the pertinent cultural practices of different ...

In the late ... century Italian poet Petrarch called the Middle Ages a lapse into darkness after the “light” of classical antiquity’s great learning and wisdom. Petrarch took potshots at the Catholic ...

Puglia, one of Italy’s most popular destinations with ... but more certainly from the late Middle Ages. Now a DOP product, it must be made according to a simple recipe with specific ingredients.

Physicians from Islamic countries during the late Middle Ages enjoyed great respect ... foundational medical text in Europe well into the Renaissance. The 12th century saw the emergence of ...

The glowing works from Siena, now at the Met, are revelatory for their emotional intensity and 24-karat beauty.