The dual-careers of Peter Paul Rubens, working as both a court painter and a highly respected European diplomat, won him ...

The author of ‘Dark Renaissance’ on how he arrived at New Historicism, his fascination with Shakespeare and The Bard’s ...

Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

During a first-time visit to Florence, see the Florence Cathedral Il Duomo, Uzzifi, The Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, ...

Join Lisa Kaborycha for a series of seminars at The British Institute, recounting Renaissance folks’ daily lives and their ...

Hedgehogs are holists; foxes are pluralists. Hedgehogs have a satisfying explanation of everything, but they can tend toward ...

Françoise Sagan’s first novel, “Bonjour Tristesse,” was published in 1954. With a new film adaptation, the book and its ...

Italian, Angelina Leone loves Florence, the beautiful city where she was born and where she now lives under the watchful eye ...

We’re taking a tour through the juke joints, speakeasies, and other hubs where Black dandies in NYC’s prewar creative boom ...

Another big-screen take on the Bard dumbs down classic literature, prioritizes its simpleminded pop music soundtrack.

The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is changing the name of its annual Legacy Awards for literature to the Zora Awards.

After all, I am a distinguished professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California ... The ...