Two handsome, virile naked men riding triumphantly on ferocious panthers will be unveiled as, probably, the only surviving bronze sculptures by the Renaissance giant Michelangelo. In art history terms, the attribution is sensational. Academics in Cambridge will suggest that a pair of mysterious metre-high sculptures known as the Rothschild Bronzes are by the master himself,…
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Before the Humanities, the Humanists
In David Rundle’s new book he looks at the current state of the humanities, asking whether we can recapture the confidence and broad cultural ambition of the Renaissance’s studia humanitatis, which sought to define what it is to be human. When intellectual historians look back at the first decades of this century they will notice…
Machiavelli: The Graphic Novel
Machiavelli: The Graphic Novel A project to create a print version of a graphic novel depicting the life of the Italian politician and philosopher Machiavelli has successfully reached its fundraising goals. With still a few days to go, author Don MacDonald has earned over $7500 in donations on his Kickstarter campaign, which aims to create a…
Call for Papers: Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries
Call for Papers: Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries Conference to be held in London on July 12, 2014 Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals The 2014 conference of CILIP’s Library and Information History Group will have the theme “Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries”. It will be held at Senate…
Renaissance Table Manners
Renaissance Table Manners How should one behave at parties or dinners, in the company of friends and relatives? Every society has its list of do’s and don’ts, including in Renaissance Italy. One of the most popular books from the 16th century was Galateo: The Rules of Polite Behavior (Il Galateo, overo de ‘costume), written by Giovanni della…
Exhibition – MATTIA CORVINO E FIRENZE
Exhibition – MATTIA CORVINO E FIRENZE 10 October 2013, the year of Italian culture in Hungary and of Hungarian culture in Italy, will mark the inauguration in the Museo di San Marco of an exhibition focusing on the figure of Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary from 1458 to 1490, and the ties that bound the king to Humanism and to Florence, its…
Celebrating a Bond Between Hungary and the Medicis – NYTimes.com
Celebrating a Bond Between Hungary and the Medicis – NYTimes.com Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary from 1458 to 1490, formed an unusually close relationship with Lorenzo de’ Medici, the head of the Medici clan from 1469 until his death in 1492. This special bond, which made Hungary one of the first states north of the Alps…
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