Author: Mrs. Janet Ann Duff-Gordon Ross
Publisher:
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Category : Florence (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Author: JANET. ROSS
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ISBN: 9781033202524
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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Author: Brian Maxson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107043913
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence offers the first synthetic interpretation of the humanist movement in Renaissance Florence in more than fifty years.

Author: Yvonne Maguire
Publisher: New York : [s.n.]
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Category : Florence (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Author: Miles J. Unger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416545107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 539

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A vividly colorful portrait of one of the greatest and most fascinating figures of the Renaissance, Lorenzo de' Medici, focusing on his role as a brilliant—sometimes ruthless—statesman who was responsible for the artistic flowering of Florence, the city where the Renaissance first blossomed. Lorenzo de' Medici—a leading statesman, the uncrowned ruler of Florence during its golden age, a true Renaissance man known to history as Il Magnifico (the Magnificent). Lorenzo was not only the foremost patron of his day but also a renowned poet, equally adept at composing philosophical verses and obscene rhymes to be sung at Carnival. He befriended the greatest artists and writers of the time—Leonardo, Botticelli, Poliziano, and, especially, Michelangelo, whom he discovered as a young boy and invited to live at his palace—and, in the process, turned Florence into the cultural capital of Europe. Though Lorenzo's grandfather Cosimo had converted the vast wealth of the family bank into political power, Lorenzo's position was precarious. Bitter rivalries among the leading Florentine families and competition among the squabbling Italian states meant that Lorenzo's life was under constant threat. Those who plotted his death included a pope, a king, and a duke, but Lorenzo used his legendary charm and diplomatic skill—as well as occasional acts of violence—to navigate the murderous labyrinth of Italian politics. Florence in the age of Lorenzo was a city of contrasts, of unparalleled artistic brilliance and unimaginable squalor in the city's crowded tenements; of both pagan excess and the fire-and-brimstone sermons of the Dominican preacher Savonarola. Florence gave birth to both the otherworldly perfection of Botticelli's Primavera and the gritty realism of Machiavelli's The Prince. Nowhere was this world of contrasts more perfectly embodied than in the life and character of the man who ruled this most fascinating city.

Author: Lyman Abbott
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1034

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Author: Janet Ross
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498075466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1905 Edition.

Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1154

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Author: Charles Christian Heyl
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Category : Art museums
Languages : en
Pages : 482

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