Renaissance

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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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Arts & Culture

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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Arts & Culture

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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Arts & Culture

Bewitched and beguiled by art

Images of witches and witchcraft offer a glimpse into the fears and superstitions of the past

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