The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical care, drugs for pain relief, and religious ceremonies. This story appears ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles The Northern Italian School, 16th Century comprised a group of artists active in ...

In April 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to enter New York Harbor. Today, across the Narrows entrance to this harbor, stands a monumental bridge named in honor of the Italian ...

16th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 2004 the record price for this artist at ...

Christopher Columbus brought a few tobacco leaves and seeds with him back to Europe, but most Europeans didn't get their first taste of tobacco until the mid-16th century, when adventurers and ...

Originally built as a Byzantine citadel, it was reworked into its present Gothic form by the crusading Knights of St John when Rhodes served as the headquarters of their grand master. During the brief ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The volume presents a wide-ranging investigation of the ways in which Petrarch's legacy informed the relationship between visual and ...

After spells, still painting, in Naples, Malta (where he hoped to become a “Cavaliere”, or Knight ... the founder of Italian Renaissance painting. According to the 16th-century Italian ...

If we think of a white city in Puglia, of course, we think of beautiful Ostuni, but there is another one: Locorotondo. Locorotondo, one of the Borghi più Belli d'Italia, is located in the heart ...

Hidden below in the South Wing, head to Fawlsey’s 2AA Rosette Cedar Restaurant, dating back to the early 16th century ... gilded bronze mirrors, and Italian oil paintings draped over a crackling ...

Lambert has appeared in a plethora of films in a variety of languages since then, with some of his notable credits including "Knight Moves ... Connor MacLeod, a 16th-century Scotsman who ...