Renaissance

Tyson Fury’s incredible renaissance to usurping Anthony Joshua as boxing’s highest paid star

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Tyson Fury has enjoyed an incredible rise back to the top table of sporting superiority, something that was truly unimaginable just a few years ago. Back in 2017, the Gypsy King was banned from the sport he adores for testing positive for a banned substance while struggling with mental health problems – and his career … Read more

Blue pigment popular with Renaissance artists gets ‘sick’ 

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A pigment that was popular with Renaissance artists develops a wasting disease over time that causes blue parts of historical masterpieces to turn grey, scientists say. The costly pigment ‘ultramarine’, made from a dazzling blue metamorphic rock, catalyses its own chemical reaction that reduces colour intensity. This affects legendary paintings including Johannes Vermeer’s ‘A Young … Read more

Be a Renaissance man or woman with a trip to Milan or Florence, both homes to Leonardo da Vinci

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This year is your chance to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the world’s most famous artist. Exhibitions about Leonardo da Vinci are opening in galleries all over Europe and the UK. But which is the best place to learn about his life? The Italian cities of Milan and Florence are competing to celebrate Leonardo 500. … Read more