For over three centuries the Medici family dominated Renaissance Florence and much of its economic, political and cultural life. In the arts, the wealthy family is largely remembered for its patronage ...

One of the many new shows to hit Netflix this weekend technically isn’t new at all. Medici: The Magnificent is actually just a follow up season to Medici: Masters of Florence, a lavish Renaissance ...

BizTimes likes it when I write about family businesses rather than historical legacies, but sometimes it is difficult to ignore what history shows us about both. In Milwaukee, we are blessed to have ...

Few families have shaped a city and a civilization quite like the Medicis. Known for being patrons of the arts, they funded many of the most famous Renaissance art pieces and scientific advancements.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. When Cosimo I de’ Medici became the second duke of Florence, ...

Bertoldo di Giovanni and collaborators Frieze for the Portico of the Medici Villa at Poggio a Caiano (detail), ca. 1490 Glazed terracotta 22 7/8 x 571 1/4 inches Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano, Polo ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 16th-century Tuscany, the ruling Medici family sometimes received diplomatic gifts of Chinese blue-and-white ...

While Lorenzo the Magnificent remains the most well-known member of the Medici family thanks to popular biographies and the Netflix series, Duke Cosimo I was the most successful Medici of them all.

The 'Game of Thrones' star takes center stage in 'Medici: Masters of Florence.' By Ariston Anderson Richard Madden is no stranger to playing a leader. The Game of Thrones star, 30, went from King of ...

When it comes to graves, Americans are reverential. We let our sleeping cadavers lie. In Italy, it's quite the opposite. The bones of saints and heroes are routinely disinterred, in the hope that ...