Deconstructing Myths about the Nude in Renaissance Art
A new look at the rise of the nude in art.
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The Soundtrack of the Renaissance Court
The music, and manuscripts, of Renaissance court life.
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Moving, Rearranging, and Replacing Paintings, from the Curator’s Point of View
Paintings move around the museum on a weekly basis—why?
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PODCAST: Giorgio Vasari on the Lives of Bellini, Raphael, and Michelangelo
Glimpse the origins of the discipline of art history in this discussion of three short biographies by Giorgio Vasari.
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PODCAST: Talking About Paintings – Giovanni Bellini
Explore paintings by a Renaissance master with two curators.
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7 Favorite Flowers from Renaissance Manuscripts and Their Christian Symbolism
Renaissance meanings of popular garden flowers.
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A Renaissance Ceramic Dish Is Reproduced in Miniature
The tale of a ceramic Renaissance dish and its tiny twin.
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New Research into Architecture of Renaissance Hospitals Suggests Influence of Global Exchange
Research into Architecture of Renaissance Hospitals
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50 Years after the Flood, a Renaissance Painting Restored
Once thought a casualty of the 1966 Florentine flood, Vasari’s The Last Supper is back on view.
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Drawing, the Art of Infinite Possibilities
A Renaissance drawing reexamined as a modern work of art.
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Coming Out: Queer Erasure and Censorship from the Middle Ages to Modernity
Toward a queer (art) history of the Middle Ages.
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Did Artists in the Renaissance Know They Were in the Renaissance?
Did they know they were changing the course of art?
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