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

Borgia Their name has become a byword for murder and incest, making the Borgia the most notorious family in Renaissance Italy. They were not friends of the Medici. Rodrigo Borgia, the corrupt Pope ...

The Medici family was definitely one of the richest dynasties in Renaissance Italy and perhaps they were the most influential patrons of the arts in history.

The art of fresco was infamous for separating the ... In 1507 his friend, Agnolo Doni, ordered a beautiful portrait of the Holy Family. Michelangelo used especially vibrant colours to achieve ...

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was shaping and being shaped by the visual arts of that period. From the 14th ...

Once a secret passage for the city's powerful Medici family, the 820-yard walkway now ... offers visitors a new way to experience Florence's art treasures and vistas, making previously restricted ...

From a small Italian community in 15th Century Florence, the Medici family would rise to become ... revolution in Western history – the Renaissance. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Galileo ...

The corridor, named after the Renaissance architect and biographer ... The corridor was built by Florence’s powerful Medici family to allow them to move secretly and safely from one part of ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, who dominated Florence's political and cultural life during the Renaissance. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family ...

Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor, the raised passageway that connects the city’s Uffizi Galleries to the former residence of the powerful Medici ... stunning Renaissance art and ...