John Bensalhia recalls the era of the High Renaissance and looks at the work and influence of some of the great artists of that period... The Renaissance: A period of cultural rebirth. Its influence can still be felt today, and one of the greatest legacies out of this era is the artwork.
It has taken only a scant 48 hours for the Aaron Hernandez memorabilia business to start booming. Dirt has come tumbling out of his life in the hours after his death. He purportedly waxed the floor of his cell with soap in order to make sure he would slip and break his neck whether the hanging worked or not. His body will be buried without a brain, which seems fitting, as his lawyers want Boston University to study this organ for concussion damage. Chico, as he was called and not in deference to the Marx Brothers comedy team, was said to have written John 3:16 in blood on the wall, but in red ink on his own forehead.
Follow Mirror.co.uk's Michael Jackson memorial and funeral Live Blog, and don't forget to leave your comments and messages. Michael Jackson will be buried this weekâ without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Popâs funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests. They faced the grim choice of waiting up to three weeks for Jacksonâs brain to be returned to them or go ahead and bury him without it â which they have decided to do. Los Angeles Coronerâs spokesman Craig Harvey confirmed that neuropathology tests will be carried out to see if it holds any clues to the exact cause of his death.