Why Early Modern European Artists Were Obsessed With Shells From Leonardo to Rembrandt, artists were drawn to these soft and glowing forms. by Lauren Moya Ford August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021.

The book takes the French manuscript Ms. Fr. 640 (c. 1579) as its central case study that is now housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Written by an anonymous individual, Ms. Fr. 640 ...

More information: Ana Howie, Sumptuary Laws, Gender, and Public Dressing in Early Modern Genoa, The Historical Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1017/S0018246X2400030X Provided by Cornell University ...

“Imperfection” and “Renaissance” are antonyms. At least that is what Giorgio Vasari’s history of Italian artistic evolution (as with other early modern European writings on art, poetry, literature, ...

In revisiting early modern European history, artists and designers are finding old ways to address contemporary anxieties. By Rachel Wetzler The Algerian Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz’s new ...

Early Modern European History, University of Arizona; B.A., Modern European History and The Comparative Study of Religion, Harvard University. Victoria Christman has been a professor in the History ...