Taking inspiration from the classical past, new rules were invented governing proportion and perspective. Magnificent temples to wealth were designed across Florence and the largest dome in the ...

Though “Perspective(s)” offers moments of escapism, its opening parallel between exalted past and prosaic present is Binet’s first hint that his observations reach beyond the Renaissance. Indeed, the ...

The mathematics underpinning the modern method of elliptic curve cryptography originated with Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi ...

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program provides students with a ... The program is founded on the principle that an interdisciplinary perspective is the most profitable way to gain an ...

Buildings were constructed that were bigger and better than ever before. Taking inspiration from the classical past, new rules were invented governing proportion and perspective. Magnificent temples ...