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LEONARDO DA VINCI knew the right strings to pull. Keen to work
Life’s pleasures immortalized in a marble sculpture
Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua, bargained, cajoled and went behind her family’s back to get what she desired. Meet 16th-century Italy’s most formidable collector
“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...
Unlike most World War Two veterans who immortalised themselves in print, Eric Williams was no “one-book wonder”, instead producing two bestselling novels based on a mere 10 months as a prisoner of war
The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
It’s vanishingly rare that a new car is so well received it actually shifts perceptions of the company that created it even before anyone has sat behind the wheel. That’s the sort of instant impact of