Renaissance

Sir Kenneth Clark discovers echoes of both ancient and modern in a true Renaissance man.

W.R. Jeudwine accounts for the patrons, masters and masterpieces of the Northern Renaissance

F.M. Godfrey describes the life of an important late medieval painter of royal subjects.

The Italian prince who boasted that the Pope was his chaplain, and the Emperor his condottiere, ended his days in 1508, forgotten in a foreign prison

Jan Gossaert made his name working for the Burgundian court and was among the first northern artists to visit Rome, writes Susan Foister, curator of 'Jan Gossaert's Renaissance', the only exhibition in more than 45 years of works by this archetypal ‘Old Master’.

At what point did it begin to matter what you wore? Ulinka Rublack looks at why the Renaissance was a turning point in people’s attitudes to clothes and their appearance.

Few events in history have proved as momentous as Galileo’s discovery of the moons of Jupiter. But would sharing his findings mean sharing his telescope?

Miri Rubin explores the medieval galleries at the V&A and the British Museum.

Lucy Wooding introduces a highly significant, but often much misunderstood, cultural force.