“Few single inventions have had such far-reaching consequences” as the printing press, added the Encyclopaedia ... in the early modern era – the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the ...

The Renaissance was a period in history ... An engraving showing a Gutenberg printing press. Before Johannes Gutenberg's invention, reproducing a book involved copying it by hand.

Featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others, a show at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace highlights the period’s works on paper—which, though frequently preparatory, stand as ...

Most of us have heard, or read, the phrase, “One thing leads to another.” There’s even a song with that theme. It’s about history and connections and how seemingly disconnected ...