I am releasing a lecture on the Italian Renaissance which I delivered last March at the College of New Jersey. Instead of a systematic approach to the 15^th and 16^th centuries, I decided to play a little game: I forced myself to select 10 artifacts that best sum up this age of crisis and rebirth, warfare and artistic creativity.

I hope you will enjoy the lecture and I invite you to think of 10 items that in your opinion best represent the Renaissance (at least 5 must not be too obvious)!