Lords of the dance.
British Museum
Channel 4 dating show Flirty Dancing is a reminder of the 18th century men who endured endless abuse to get Britain moving.
Waldseemüller map of the world, 1507.
A new look at Renaissance paintings demonstrates the world has always been global.
Leonardo da Vinci’s experiments with friction underpinned the modern science of Tribology.
Once called 'the most important subject no one has heard of', tribology is now a key part of the fourth industrial revolution.
Marcantonio Raimondi’s 1505 engraving may show Leonardo da Vinci playing an instrument called a lira da braccio.
Cleveland Museum of Art.
A lot has been said about Leonardo and music, much of it speculation. But what do we know for sure?
From cats to dragonflies, Leonardo sketched scores of animals.
Leonardo da Vinci/Royal Collection Trust
Rather than prioritizing human beings at the pinnacle of the animal kingdom, Leonardo revered all living beings. When he compared people and animals, it's the animals that often came out on top.
A balancing act.
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Airbnb has been criticised for contributing to housing problems in cities across Europe – but history shows there could be a way forward.
Is there no end to his talent? A self-portrait of Leoardo da Vinci.
Painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, mathematician, anatomist: has anyone ever surpassed the genius of Leonardo?
Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, c. 1500, by Gentile Bellini.
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One of the most significant woman of Venice’s golden age, Cornaro was an important figure in Renaissance politics, diplomacy and arts.
HBO
The HBO series can tell us a lot about how we view the Medieval world.
Abraham Ortelius’s 1570 world map.
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Humphrey Llwyd quite literally put Wales on the map.
Nine “Muses” in Renaissance dress enjoy music-making on a pastoral Parnassus, on a painted virginals lid of c.1540.
Girolamo Romanino, National Gallery, London
Modern music fans like to surround themselves with images representing their musical tastes – and so did Renaissance Italians.
How the idea of Europe was forged.
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The word Europe only appears ten times in the works of William Shakespeare.
The lyrical beauty of Arabic inspired many poets, writers.
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The teaching of Islam is often limited to its religious practice. How Christians, Jews and Muslims borrowed freely from each other in the realm of art, music, and literature is seldom discussed.