THE RENAISSANCE: EARLY MODERN EUROPE IN THE NEWS

General Articles

  Eli Wizevich, "Ruins Of Centuries-Old Palace That Housed Dozens Of Popes Discovered In Rome," Smithsonian Smart News, July 25, 2024.

  Heidi Hausse, "Modern Surgery Began With Saw And Iron Hands -- How Amputation Transformed The Body In The Renaissance," The Conversation, June 17, 2024.

  Sarah Kuta, "A New Leonardo Da Vinci Biopic Is Coming To The Big Screen," Smithsonian Smart News, May 16, 2024.

  Darius Von Guttner Sporzynski, "Pope Gregory XIII Gave Us The Leap Year -- But His Legacy Goes Much Further," The Conversation, February 28, 2024.

  Julia Binswanger, "Ken Burns Turns His Lens To Leonardo Da Vinci," Smithsonian Smart News, February 14, 2024.

  Shannon McHugh, "Some Of The Renaissance's Most Romantic Love Poems Weren't For Lovers," The Conversation, February 9, 2024.

  Sonja Anderson, "Explore Animated Models, Digitized Sketches And More In Leonardo Da Vinci's Largest-Ever Online Retrospective," Smithsonian Smart News, July 3, 2023.

  Gabriele Neher, "Leonardo Da Vinci's Mother Might Have Been A Slave: Here's What The Discovery Reveals About Renaissance Europe," The Conversation, March 28, 2023.

  Heather Coffey, "Will Baby Drop Boxes From The Italian Renaissance Become More Common After Meloni Win?," The Conversation, September 28, 2022.

  "The Renaissance Festival In Tortosa, Spain," Euromaxx, DW, July 30, 2022.  (5 mins)

  Joanna Mendelssohn, "If I Could Go Anywhere: Florence's San Marco Museum, Where Mystical Faith And Classical Knowledge Meet," Conversation, May 2, 2021.

  Nora McGreevy, "How Renaissance Architects Designed Italy's Imposing Domes," Smartnews, Smithsonian, May 26, 2020.

  Charles Nicholl, "'The Beauty And The Terror' By Catherine Fletcher Review -- The Dark Side Of The Italian Renaissance," Guardian, March 12, 2020.

  "Monster Buff Leonardo Da Vinci Would Have Loved Halloween," Ideas, CBC, October 31, 2019.

  Leah Clark, "Globalisation Was Rife In The 16th Century -- Clues From Renaissance Paintings," Conversation, May 10, 2019.

  Torsten Landsberg, "500th Birthday Of Catherine De' Medici: Behind Florence's Most Powerful Dynasty," DW, April 12, 2019.

  Rosa Salzberg, "Venice Had Its Own 'Airbnb Problem' During The Renaissance -- Here's How It Coped," Conversation, March 14, 2019.

  Craig Barker, "Hidden Women Of History: Caterina Cornaro, The Last Queen Of Cyprus," Conversation, January 8, 2019.

  Kat Eschner, "Venice Has Been Married To The Sea For Over A Thousand Years," Smithsonian Smart News, May 26, 2017.

  Tim Shephard, "Band Posters Of The Renaissance: How Medieval Music Fans Showed Off Their Taste," Conversation, May 23, 2017.

  Kat Eschner, "A Fanatical Monk Inspired 15th-Century Italians To Burn Their Clothes, Makeup And Art," Smithsonian News, February 7, 2017.

Barbie Latza Nadeau, "The Man Who Changed Reading Forever," Smithsonian Journeys Quarterly, November 6, 2015.

  Danny Lewis, "There's An Elephant Buried Underneath The Vatican," Smithsonian News, October 21, 2015.

  Jennifer Schuessler, "A Tribute To The Printer Aldus Manutius, And The Roots Of The Paperback," New York Times, February 26, 2015.

  Christopher Shea, "Ebola Battlers Can Learn From Venice's Response To Black Death," Goats And Soda, NPR, September 20, 2014.

  "A Point Of View: Why Getting The Sack Was Good For Machiavelli," BBC Newsmagazine, August 4, 2013.

  Edward Tenner, "What A 400-Year-Old Bean Reveals About The Renaissance," Atlantic (February 25, 2013).

  Kee Malesky, "How Swiss Guards And Sacred Geese Saved Rome," NPR, May 6, 2012.

  Jonathan Jones, "The Medicis: Money, Myth And Mystery," Guardian, August 10, 2011.

  Sarah Dunant, "When Bling Was A Crime," BBC Newsmagazine, October 22, 2010.

  "Medici Writers Exhumed In Italy," BBC News, July 28, 2007.

  David Willey, "Fresco Fragment Revives Papal Scandal," BBC News, July 21, 2007.

Simon Jenkins, "Dead Birds, Terrorists, Franciscans: It's 15th-Century Florence All Over Again," Guardian, April 14, 2006.

Kathryn Hughes, "I Shop, Therefore I Am," Guardian, December 17, 2005.

Kathryn Hughes, "The Bad Girl Of Rome," Guardian, October 23, 2004.

  "Da Vinci 'Car' Is Brought To Life," BBC News (April 25, 2004).

John Hooper, "Leonardo's Car Brought To Life," Guardian (April 24, 2004).

  "Python Slams 'Overrated' Renaissance," BBC News (February 23, 2004).

  "Borgias Exhibit On Show In Rome," BBC News, October 4, 2002.

  Doug Mellgren, "Da Vinci Comes To Life 500 Years On," Guardian (November 1, 2001).

  "Leonardo Bridge Opens 500 Years Late," BBC News (October 31, 2001).

Nicholas Lezard, "Dome Alone," Guardian, January 27, 2001.

"Da Vinci Parachute Flies," BBC News (June 27, 2000).

  "Renaissance Chic: Cool of the Rebirth," BBC News (November 23, 1999).

  "Renaissance Machines Are Reborn," BBC News (October 19, 1999).

  "Pope Blesses Restored St. Peter's," BBC News (October 1, 1999).

Fiachra Gibbons, "Leonardo's Dream Realised At Last," Guardian (August 31, 1999).

"Space Travel Enters The 15th Century," BBC News (August 13, 1998).

"The Pope's Official Army," Despatches, BBC News, May 5, 1998.

Art

  Julia Binswanger, "A Twice-Looted Titian Masterpiece Once Discovered At A Bus Stop Hits The Auction Block," Smithsonian Smart News, June 17, 2024.

  Sarah Kuta, "Has The Mystery Of The 'Mona Lisa' Background Been Solved?," Smithsonian Smart News, May 20, 2024.

  Veronica Esposito, "Inside The World Of Hidden Renaissance Portraits: 'It's Very Playful,'" Guardian, April 16, 2024.

  Tim Brinkhof, "These Paintings Reveal How The Dutch Adapted To Extreme Weather During The Little Ice Age," Smithsonian, January 30, 2024.

  Alex Pope, "Fitzwilliam Museum In Cambridge Acquires Rare Bronze Masterpiece," BBC News, December 12, 2023.

  Greg Allen, "A Rare Treat: A Painting By Renaissance Master Titian Is On Display At A High School," Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, November 25, 2023.

  Teresa Nowakowski, "Why Did Old Masters Use Eggs In Oil Paintings?," Smithsonian Smart News, March 30, 2023.

  Davide Ghiglione, "Italian Art Experts Astonished By David Statue Uproar In Florida," BBC News, March 27, 2023.

  "Is 'David' Porn?: See For Yourself, Italians Ask Florida Parents," El Pais, March 26, 2023.

  Amy Crawford, "Carpaccio Created The Graphic Novels Of The Renaissance," Smithsonian, November/December 2022.

Brenda Haas, "Donatello: Italian Renaissance Star Gets 'Solo' Exhibition," DW, September 2, 2022.

  Meilan Solly, "Inside Hieronymous Bosch's Surreal Visions Of Heaven And Hell," Smithsonian Smart News, May 2, 2022.

  Nora McGreevy, "Why Donatello Was A Father Of The Renaissance," Smithsonian Smart News, March 30, 2022.

  Nora McGreevy, "You Know About Artemisia Gentileschi -- Now Learn About These Other Renaissance Women Artists," Smithsonian Smart News, March 8, 2022.

  Meilan Solly, "How The Medici Used Portraits As Propaganda," Smithsonian Smart News, June 23, 2021.

  Brenda Haas, "Michelangelo's David Gets 3D-Printed Twin," DW, April 18, 2021.

"'Undiscovered Titian Painting' Found In Ledbury Church," BBC News, March 1, 2021.

  Theresa Machemer, "New Research Suggests Bloodletting, Pneumonia Killed Raphael," Smartnews, Smithsonian, July 22, 2020.

  Nadine Wojcik, "Raphael Mega-Exhibition Opens In Rome Amid Coronavirus Threat," DW, March 5, 2020.

  Julia Griffin, "Photos: After 500 Years, Raphael's Tapestries Return To The Sistine Chapel," PBS Newshour, February 18, 2020.

  Meilan Solly, "Lost Renaissance Masterpiece Found Hanging Above Woman's Hot Plate Sells For $26.8 Million," Smartnews, Smithsonian, September 25, 2019.

  Meilan Solly, "All Hail The Renaissance Of Artemisia Genteleschi," Smartnews, Smithsonian, December 21, 2018.

  Will Gompertz, "Will Gompertz Reviews Mantegna's Two Panels Reunited At London's National Gallery," BBC News, December 8, 2018.

  Jason Daley, "Earliest Images Of Breast Cancer Found In Renaissance Paintings," Smartnews, Smithsonian, March 2, 2018.

  Anna Bensted, "In Florence, They're Bringing The Works Of Women Artists Out Of The Basement," USA Today, December 26, 2017.

  Joanna Moorhead, "New Renaissance: How Florence Is Freeing Its Great Female Artists," Guardian, December 22, 2017.

Sylvia Poggioli, "Long Seen As Victim, 17th Century Italian Painter Emerges As Feminist Icon," Parallels, NPR, December 12, 2016.

  Paula Deitz, "After The Florence Flood: Saving Vasari's 'Last Supper,'" New York Times, November 3, 2016.

"Michelangelo's 500-Year-Old Statue David At Risk Of Collapse," ABC News, May 1, 2014.

  Kate Evans, "Should We Hide Michelangelo's David For A Century Or Two?," ABC News, July 4, 2013.

  Alan Johnston, "Sistine Chapel Ceiling At 500: The Vatican's Dilemma," BBC News, October 31, 2012.

  Jonathan Jones, "Leonardo And The Battle Of Michelangelo's Penis," Guardian, November 16, 2010.

Mary Hoffman, "'The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo And The Artistic Duel That Defined The Renaissance,' By Jonathan Jones -- Review," Guardian, May 22, 2010.

Peter Conrad, "'The Lost Battles,' By Jonathan Jones -- Review," Guardian, April 25, 2010.

Jonathan Jones, "The Sword In The Sky," Guardian, December 23, 2003.

Jonathan Jones, "Baldassare Castiglione, Raphael (c. 1514-15)," Guardian, September 13, 2003.

  Jonathan Jones, "A Dream Of Slaughter," Guardian (August 19, 2003).

  Jonathan Jones, "Dark Side Of Da Vinci," Guardian (May 5, 2003).

  Jonathan Jones, "'Why A Book?: Show Me With A Sword,'" Guardian, April 30, 2003.

"The Supercollectors," Observer (April 20, 2003).