Portrait paintings are sometimes described as windows into the soul. The Renaissance likenesses presented in the Metropolitan Museum’s “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570” have other ...

Michelangelo is believed to have made the rarely seen drawings while in hiding after the pope sentenced him to death. Drawings believed to be by Michelangelo in the Stanza Segreta, or Secret Room, at ...

After three seasons, Medici won't return for new episodes on Netflix. The final eight hitting Netflix on May 1 are the last of the Italian series that explored the lives of the powerful Medici banking ...

While an abundance of hype surrounds the capabilities of blockchain technology, its ability to transfer equity using tokens as digital securities has been demonstrated. “Since we focus on securities ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: What more could you want out of an historic drama than death, money, power, and Robb Stark (aka Richard Madden)? How about some Dustin Hoffman? Netflix’s newest original ...

The Albizzi were one of the oldest families in Florence and led the republican government for two generations. By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici.

Medici: The Magnificent (or Medici season two) on Netflix has as its final centrepiece the Pazzi conspiracy. The Pazzi conspiracy was a real-life historical event, which saw the Pazzi family try to ...

Medici is back on Netflix for season three - and we can't wait to see what the powerful fifteenth century Italian family will get up to next! Season three follows immediately from the timeline of the ...

FLORENCE was the centre of the Renaissance. By no accident, it was also at the time the centre of an industry that has marked the West no less: banking. And at the centre of that sat the Medici family ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. When Cosimo I de’ Medici became the second duke of Florence, ...

Florence is a monument to the Renaissance, showcasing at every turn the art and architecture from that period, which continues to impress and inspire. It's clear what the Italian Renaissance looked ...