Please select one of the following subjects:

• art terms
  glossary of art terms and some historical events
  
• art centres of the Italian Renaissance
  history of important cities and city states in Italy during the 13th-17th centuries
  
• famous families of the Italian Renaissance
  description of the families which played leading roles as rulers of Italian cities, patronizing artists, and comissioning artworks
  
• illustrious people related to the Renaissance
  biography and assessment of important people living during or related to the Renaissance period
  
• illustrious personages in 17th-18th-century France
  biography and assessment of people playing important role in French history and related to art as either patron or subject.
  
• popes in the 12th-18th centuries
  biography and assessment of all popes living in the 12th-18th centuries