Renaissance
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
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A distant mirror of disruption
A new exhibition of Kerry Stokes’ Renaissance books captures the moment print challenged the handwritten volume
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The politics of high heels
At the heart of the argument is gender, identity and femininity, stretching all the way back to the Renaissance
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Bewitched and beguiled by art
Images of witches and witchcraft offer a glimpse into the fears and superstitions of the past