Tag: Renaissance

The artistic -and therefore historical- figure of Giotto is vital to understand the evolution that painting had during the 13th century and that later would end up being a revolution in the Renaissance. What little we know of his life we owe to Giorgio Vasari, a well-known biographer during ...

Hey, party aficionados! Sonja von Raschke here, and I’m about to take you on another whirlwind adventure. This time, we’re swapping the gritty undergrounds of Berlin for the romantic boulevards of Paris. But trust me, the City of Love knows how to throw a party! Ready for the Mosh Pit, S...

A civilization with formidable power, wealth, and technology, the Ancient Romans were exceptionally talented in architecture and were the trend-setters of numerous architectural styles and orders. Their architecture flourished in the Roman Republic, and later on in the Roman Empire, where the utiliz...

This painting is a condensed teaching from Renaissance Neoplatonic philosophy, expressing the study of philosophers Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, and Angelo Poliziano. Marsilio Ficino translated and commented on many texts by Plato, the ancient “Corpus Hermeticu...

Once upon a time there were only two religious archetypes. One could be found in rural areas and was associated with miraculous deeds and supernatural abilities; this was the archetype of the magician. The other could be found in the urban areas with higher densities of population with their kingly ...

Having visited Chiapas, a state in rural Southern Mexico, several times, I was invited to work with a shaman to improve my mental health by taking a psychedelic that causes similar reactions among people to those of LSD known as ayahuasca. This type of psychedelic use has deep spiritual and cul...

After President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1971, the number of people incarcerated in American jails and prisons escalated from 300,000 to 2.3 million. Half of those in federal prison are incarcerated for a drug offense, and two-thirds of those in prison for drug offenses are people of...

The Silk Road Odyssey Fast forward a few centuries, and our hero paper begins its epic journey westward along the Silk Road. Like a well-traveled influencer, it stopped at various cultural hotspots, absorbing influences along the way. Merchants, scholars, and adventurers alike carried the torch, ...

Our mission? To tackle the challenges faced by museums and public sites since the 70's. These cultural hubs now hold the responsibility of making heritage accessible to all, linking ancient wonders to our contemporary world. Source:Liam McGarry (@liammcgarry) Stedelijk Museum, Museumpl...

Schmidt has led the Uffizi since 2015, guiding the venerable museum onto Tik Tok and into NFTs, and for the past few years he and his staff have collaborated with Mia to create “Botticelli and Renaissance Florence: Masterworks from the Uffizi,” a major exhibition...