As a new exhibition looks at the concept of the loop, Joobin Bekhrad discovers how one symbol had different meanings in ancient Egypt, Hindu mythology and Renaissance alchemy. It is perhaps ...

But do you have any idea what this odd-looking Renaissance musical notation is? If you’re a connoisseur of modern music theory, you’ll know that a ‘x’ symbol before a note denotes a double sharp. So, ...

Stephen Perkinson, an associate professor of art history at Bowdoin College and the guest curator of “The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe,” describes the 15 carvings ...

For fall, J.J. Martin paid tribute to Florence, the Renaissance era, and “the power of rebirth.” Celebrating Italy’s craft and one of the country’s “most creative and innovative eras ...