Keywords Renaissance, humanism, classical ideals, art, portraiture, individuality, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, transformation, self-discovery Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have ...

Her thesis was unflinching: art could confront colonialism and racism head-on. Her words speak to me now, as an Irish Traveller bearing witness to a Traveller Renaissance. For Travellers ...

Athena, symbol of wisdom and war, in a fresco from the Italian Renaissance ... ideals of classical beauty and humanism. Their works were about copying the past, interpreting it, and surpassing it.

“Michelangelo’s ‘David’ is still one of the most visited works of art 500 years after ... She said: “The Renaissance’s embrace of humanism and individual experience created a fertile ...

Featuring contributions from contemporary artists Antony Gormley, Alison Lapper, David LaChapelle ... nature of art, and true function of society. The Renaissance's embrace of humanism and ...

End of carousel No film can cover everything, but “Leonardo da Vinci” directors Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon might ... father of all humanism, art and science, which he wasn ...

"Leonardo is bigger in a way than some of our past topics," says Burns, who directed alongside his daughter and son-in-law, Saran Burns and David ... Renaissance. There was an opening with ...

The four-hour film – which Burns co-directed with his daughter, Sarah, and her husband, David McMahon – will air ... to the study of nature – as well as to the humanism that was a hallmark of the ...

The Renaissance was born. From scholars to popes, people gained an appreciation for the human body and mind, a pride that’s reflected in the art of the period (think Michelangelo’s “David”).

1437–45); right: David Hockney, "My Parents" (1977 ... both in stark contrast to the oil-based sfumato that dominates later Renaissance art. Hockney’s letters and musings are threaded ...