Sarah McBryde
Sarah McBryde is an independent scholar and series assistant editor for Elements in the Renaissance (Cambridge University Press)
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In loco parentis: new study tells the story of Florence’s ‘thrown-away’ children
Europe’s first foundling hospital, the Ospedale degli Innocenti, is examined afresh in a new book
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A new publication explores how Renaissance Europe viewed and thought about skin
The detailed survey seeks to rethink how people understood, and gave meaning to, the body and its portrayal in the period
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A new ‘anti-biography’ rips apart the myth of Leonardo as a solitary genius
The new study of the Da Vinci brand uses historical context to debunk the artist’s cult status and present him as a man of his time