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Most people would be hard pressed to name a famous artist from Renaissance France. Yet sixteenth-century French kings believed they were the heirs of imperial R

The remains of ancient Mediterranean art and architecture that have survived over the centuries present the modern viewer with images of white, the color of the

It is well known that Renaissance culture gave an empowering role to the individual and thereby to agency. But how does race factor into this culture of empower

Over the past century, luxury has been increasingly celebrated in the sense that it is no longer a privilege (or attitude) of the European elite or America’s

Coinage and currency—abstract and socially created units of value and power—were basic to early modern society. By controlling money, the people sought to u