Some 500 years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence's unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a...

An einem kalten Morgen im November hetzt Joseph Luzzi, Dante-Forscher und Dozent am Bard College im Bundesstaat New York, ins Krankenhaus – seine Frau Katherine, die im achten Monat schwanger ist, hatte einen schweren Verkehrsunfall. Von...