These old Roman buildings could unlock how to build in a warming world
The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste ...
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This historic Renaissance villa in the heart of Rome where past Popes used to retreat is a must-visit in the Italian capital
Villa Barberini, situated within the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo, is a site of exceptional historical significance ...
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There’s no such thing as a ‘golden age,’ says Renaissance scholar
In new book, UChicago’s Ada Palmer explores popular misunderstandings of the Renaissance and historical myths used for ...
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The Renaissance: the rebirth of medicine, 14th to 17th century
The Renaissance period is usually seen as being from the 14th to 17th Century. New translations of important texts from Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece provided fresh ideas and knowledge that had ...
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A Pigment That Defined the Renaissance Was Just Discovered in the Ruins of Nero’s ‘Golden House’
“The discovery in Rome, in an imperial context ... contribution to the knowledge of the use of pigment also in the Renaissance.” Although the grandeur of the Domus Aurea was lost to history ...
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French museum uncovers in storage picture by Renaissance woman master
A provincial museum in northern France on Friday showed off a picture now attributed to one of the greatest women painters of ...
Famous portrait of Henry VII temporarily on display at the Wadsworth in Hartford
A portrait of Henry VII on loan from Rome is now on display at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, according to museum ...