Dr Darius von Güttner
Principal Research Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
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Politics & Society
The past is never in the past
Contrary to Putin’s propaganda, Ukraine’s history is long and has echoes amid the war now raging
Arts & Culture
The Queen who defied the Holy Roman Emperor
An Italian-born princess and sole heir to the Sforza dukedom, Queen Bona helps us understand how elite Renaissance women acquired, maintained and negotiated power
Arts & Culture
Is this the earliest depiction of a dodo in art?
The Jagiellonian arrases – tapestries that decorate the walls of Wawel Castle in Poland – may be one of the earliest known artistic representation of the long-extinct dodo
Arts & Culture
The remarkable journey of Leonardo’s inscrutable masterpiece
Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, known as the Lady with an Ermine, is one of Poland’s national treasures, but the painting has had an extraordinary history