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.
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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.
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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