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Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Perspectives, a thrilling epistolary novel by Laurent Binet, sees Giorgio Vasari investigate the murder of a controversial ...

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

I've always wanted to go to Cremona, Italy - birthplace of the great violin maker Antonio Stradivarius (1644-1737). It's a ...

From fresh catches at the local market to cacciucco at restaurants, some of Italy's best seafood can be found in this ...

Laurent Binet’s Renaissance epistolary novel blends the postmodern playfulness of Umberto Eco with the vigour of Dashiell ...

Follow your nose: how scent and travel are intrinsically interwoven The perfume industry has long been rooted in travel and ...