Resultado de búsqueda
Hace 4 días · His drawings of the Divine Comedy on parchment, commissioned by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’Medici, have also survived, and are now divided between the Vatican Library in Rome and the state museums of Berlin.
Hace 4 días · The busts on the “misshapen” (i.e. different form the others) stands may reasonably have been the busts of Lorenzo and Giovanni de' Medici, the last additions in terms of time to the series of Medici portraits before this time, and it is equally reasonable to suppose that, while waiting to add the bust of Ferdinand III – for which a special base had been agreed – in 1825 the bust of ...
Hace 2 días · For Lorenzo de' Medici, he created the bronze statuette Hercules and Antaeus (c. 1475), in which the mythological motif is represented by a play of interlocking broken lines, generating tensions of great violence.
Hace 4 días · Abandoned at the death of the merchant, the Palace was purchased in 1549 by Eleonora of Toledo, Cosimo I de’ Medici’s wife as a ceremonial residence worthy of the nascent Grand Duchy. BartolomeoAmmannati, the Grand Duke’s favourite architect, extended the main front and rear sections, and behind the palace the magnificent Italian Boboli Gardens were created.
Hace 5 días · During the 15th century, Florence was in ‘a state of permanent and irreversible crisis’ (p. 63) that the Medici exploited by governing through ‘an informal configuration of power’ (p. 62), which Lorenzo hoped to replace with a new constitution with himself as prince or gonfaloniere a vita.
Hace 3 días · Lucrezia de’ Medici was an illustrious figure from the historic Medici family of Florence, Italy, who became the Duchess of Ferrara through marriage. She grew up during the Renaissance, a period of immense cultural and intellectual growth. The Medici family was a powerful and influential dynasty, known for their patronage of the arts and ...
Hace 5 días · In a letter addressed to his patron, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici, Vespucci eloquently articulated his discoveries, recounting the marvels he had encountered with a sense of awe and wonder. His words sparked a storm of debate across Europe, igniting the imaginations of scholars and adventurers alike.
