Pico della Mirandola is the unofficial saint of transhumanists because he was pushing human plasticity over the edge. He ...

Talent is overrated in architecture and it means that other, more important qualities tend to be overlooked, writes .

The Renaissance wasn’t just a period of rebirth—it was a full-blown creative revolution. Artists were no longer just painting ...

Devoting his life to the innovative integration of science and art, Da Vinci was deeply influenced by the essence of Renaissance humanism in Europe and may have also been enlightened by Marco Polo ...

All historical periods are created twice: first in their own age, and again in the work of their interpreters. But this truism applies in a special sense to the Renaissance, an era whose ...

Marcello Cervini was deeply involved in Church reform and Renaissance humanism, and played a significant role in the Council of Trent. He fell ill from overworking during the celebration of Holy Week, ...

She’d been brought up with a sophisticated humanist education befitting the Renaissance, which offered new opportunities for women to express themselves and participate in society.

The phrase "humanist copyright" nods to Italian Renaissance philosophers such as Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, whose 1485 Oration on the Dignity of Man emphasized human autonomy in a human ...

The birth of humanism LOUISE BOURDUA introduces the emotional and narrative religious art of 14th-century Siena that broke with Byzantine formalism and laid the foundations for the Renaissance ...

Mantegna’s Deposition of Christ was last heard of in the 16th century, when it was described by the Neapolitan humanist Pietro Summonte in a 1524 letter as “a painting, where Our Lord is ...

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