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Renaissance love songs

In the Renaissance, as today, love songs were extremely popular, many of them written about courtly love.

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What's the difference? Climate comparisons for the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries

The act of displaying artefacts inevitably impacts on their preservation. Understanding the interaction between collections and their environments is an essential element in determining display strategies that adequately balance the needs of current visitors with long-term preservation issues for the artefacts. This article describes a new analytical approach developed at the V&A to allow gallery climates quantitatively to be assessed in terms of the hazards they pose to artefacts.

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Renaissance childbirth

To celebrate a successful birth, women were given special foods and gifts, including birth trays and amulets.

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A forthcoming technical publication of Renaissance frames at the V&A

Digital image reconstruction may be used for some frames to demonstrate how the original decoration appeared.

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The V&A Medieval & Renaissance Flickr group

In the Medieval & Renaissance galleries people have been asked to come and take pictures of their favourite object.

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Inside the Renaissance House

Inside the Renaissance House

A delightful tour of the rooms the Italian Renaissance house, published for the V&A's At Home in Renaissance Italy exhibition, opening in October

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Event - Designing Extravagance: decorating the Italian Renaissance Palace

Thu 07 June 2012 13:00

GALLERY TALK: During the Renaissance, Italians built some of the most extravagant buildings in Europe. Learn how these places were created and study the the V&A's collection of Engraved Ornament and master drawings.

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