RENAISSANCE: THE BLOOD AND THE BEAUTY Premieres Tuesdays, July 8-22, 2025 at 9:00 pm on PBS and Streaming on PBS.org and the ...

The quest for longevity has captivated humanity since the dawn of civilization—from ancient Egyptian mummification rituals ...

In The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) Burckhardt depicted a traditional world splintering into its constituent atoms. In the Middle Ages, he claimed, ...

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE.; THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY. By Jacob Burckhardt. Authorized translation by S.G.C. Middlemore. New-York: Macmillan & Co.

The term Renaissance was first coined by the French historian Jules Michelet in the 1850s but did not gain popularity until its use by Jacob Burckhardt in his book The Civilization of the ...

When we talk about the past, we know that eras don't suddenly "begin" or "end." But we still talk as if there are clear lines separating one from the other. Looking at the "Renaissance" next to ...

This Western civilization narrative came with certain values — about the importance of reasoned discourse, the importance of property rights, the need for a public square that was religiously ...

Nestled in the heart of Tuscany, Florence is a city of firsts: it was the birthplace of the Renaissance, home to artistic geniuses like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and the spot where the ...

On stage, she speaks of her own personal renaissance, which she hopes her fans experience as well. She can be heard telling the crowd in one trailer , “It’s a new birth. I hope you feel ...