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 ...

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, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 16th-century Tuscany, the ruling Medici family sometimes received diplomatic gifts of Chinese blue-and-white ...

Visiting Italy in 1981 made a profound creative impact on 22-year-old Jean-Michel Basquiat, inspiring his 1982 masterwork Versus Medici. In this brazen self-portrait, Basquiat confronts the cannon and ...

Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native Italy, this Catholic daughter of a French princess and a Florentine dynast ...

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