I 1508 blev Michelangelo bestilt til at male loftet i Det sixtinske Kapel. De følgende fire år blev noget helt særligt
We think of the Renaissance as a shining era of human achievement, yet it was also an age of constant, harrowing warfare. Armies, not philosophers, shaped the face of Europe as modern nation-states emerged from feudal society. Martines captures the dark reality of the period in …
Describes how Renaissance artists deftly incorporated secular and popular culture into their creations, just as they interwove classical and religious influences.
Renæssance-filosoffen Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) var i pagt med renæssancens tænkning, betaget af og overbevist om sandheden i klassicismen in casu den hellenistiske vismand Hermes Trismegistos guddommeligt inspirerede skrifter. Dermed var hans verdensbillede placeret på koperni…
