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Explore the legacy of the Medici family through its most influential figures, from Cosimo the Elder to Catherine de' Medici.

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The world's oldest Valentine is on display in the "Medieval Women: In Their Own Words" exhibition at the British Library in ...

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Filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu brings his documentary We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe to UC Santa Barbara’s MultiCultural Center as part of the Cup of Culture ...

Pablo Picasso’s "Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto,” a 1901 oil painting, as seen by the naked eye. (Photo by Am Römerholz/Courtauld Institute of Art) For more than a century, a portrait ...

Dachshunds were first bred around the 15th century in Germany. Their primary purpose was to hunt small animals, particularly badgers, and they are sometimes referred to as badger hounds. Dachshunds ...

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Over the decades, audiences have been drawn to Shaffer’s reimagining of the fractious relationship between Antonio Salieri, successful Italian composer of the ... Yet Shaffer’s portrait of Mozart ...