Hacker News with Generative AI: Renaissance

Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic? (historytoday.com)
An enfant terrible shook up Renaissance medicine by denouncing experts and debunking accepted wisdom. Was Paracelsus as radical as he seemed?
Renaissance, Medicine, History, Science
6 points by drdee 14 days ago | 7 comments
Italian 'Fruit Detective' Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings (smithsonianmag.com)
When Isabella Dalla Ragione assesses a Renaissance painting, she doesn’t immediately notice the brushstrokes or the magnificence of the imagery. The first thing she notices is the fruit.
Art History, Renaissance, Italy
4 points by prismatic 30 days ago | 0 comments
Remembering a Medieval Polymath Who Paved the Way for the Renaissance (worldsensorium.com)
History, Renaissance, Medieval History
70 points by dnetesn 100 days ago | 38 comments