Stephen Campbell’s book reminds us of the lies and self-congratulations we employ to create useful history, making historical ...

“My intention is to tell of bodies changed to different forms,” the Roman poet Ovid wrote in Book One of “Metamorphoses.” Picking up that gestational ball, the painter Barbara Friedman has chosen the ...

While attempts to ban books are on the rise nationwide, local libraries discuss how they handle challenges to controversial ...

In July 1912, during the third Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, America's first female pilot, Harriet Quimby, was returning to Squantum Aviation Field from Boston Light when her monoplane suddenly tilted, ...

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In this course, we begin in the Renaissance with the ideological rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci ... be called “pictures in music,” descriptive songs, 2-3 minutes in length, that ...

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The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci are considered one of the most valuable documents in the history of science, art and invention. The Italian artist's notebooks contain a treasure trove of ...

Fortunately, anyone can appreciate art, especially with guidance from the 15th-century Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was an artist driven by “wanting to know.” He considered ...

Leonardo da Vinci approached the world with a fearless ambition to expand his mind. However, as an illegitimate son, he was unable to receive a classical education. Fortunately, Leonardo saw this ...