In 1500s Europe, masks were fashionable—and scandalous. Fingers started wagging when 16th-century European women began wearing masks to protect their skin and hide their identities.

While monarchies reigned in 16th-century Europe, painters and dramatists began portraying the middle-class home with unusual “seriousness and sympathy,” says Richard Helgerson, a professor of ...

In the 16th century, Europe and the North Atlantic went through a strange climate episode called the Little Ice Age. It was a time of paradoxes. In Western Europe, the chill of the Little Ice Age ...

16th century Call number NX450 .A26 NX450.A26 Type Books Physical description 16 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Place Europe Data Source Smithsonian Libraries Topic Arts. siris_sil_318666 SIL AGE OF DISCOVERY : ...

Jakob Fugger wasn’t just Europe’s richest man - he was one of its most influential power brokers. His financial backing helped secure the rise of the Habsburg dynasty, shaping royal succession ...

‘The Rooster’s Crow’ brings 16th-century style, sound to the DIA How an automaton clock built in 1585 Europe wound up in Detroit. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; ...

Portraiture blossomed in 16th-century Europe, spurred in part by a wealthy class of elites eager to demonstrate their influence through art.

The Arizona Renaissance Festival, a 37-year tradition, recreates a 16th-century European village in the Arizona desert. Visitors can enjoy a variety of entertainment, including jousting knights ...

It’s an imaginary scenario — of the Incas of Peru invading 16th-century Europe, not the other way around, which is what happened in 1532 — that haunted and inspired Binet.

The site includes 16th-century Italian ceramics with Christian symbols. ... Multiple centuries-old shipwrecks have been found in European waters so far this year.