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A new look at Renaissance paintings demonstrates the world has always been global.
Once called 'the most important subject no one has heard of', tribology is now a key part of the fourth industrial revolution.
A lot has been said about Leonardo and music, much of it speculation. But what do we know for sure?
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.
Airbnb has been criticised for contributing to housing problems in cities across Europe – but history shows there could be a way forward.
Painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, mathematician, anatomist: has anyone ever surpassed the genius of Leonardo?
One of the most significant woman of Venice’s golden age, Cornaro was an important figure in Renaissance politics, diplomacy and arts.
The HBO series can tell us a lot about how we view the Medieval world.
Humphrey Llwyd quite literally put Wales on the map.
Modern music fans like to surround themselves with images representing their musical tastes – and so did Renaissance Italians.
The word Europe only appears ten times in the works of William Shakespeare.
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.
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Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer n History, The Open University
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Education Manager, Sydney University Museums, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor in the History of Art Islamic Art and Architecture, Yale University
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PhD candidate, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance History, University of Warwick
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Professor of Welsh History, Bangor University
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Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Bowdoin College
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Senior Lecturer in Art History, The Open University
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Head of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Northumbria University, Newcastle
