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Hace 1 día · Lorenzo the Magnificent's relationship with art differed from his grandfather Cosimo de' Medici's: he favoured the creation of public works. On the one hand, for Lorenzo the Magnificent, art had an important public function, but one turned towards foreign states, as an ambassador for the cultural prestige of Florence, presented as the "new Athens".
Hace 3 días · Continue tracking Leonardo’s growth as an independent artist with this lecture on his engrossing The Adoration of the Magi and its classical, pyramidal composition; his northern European approach to painting natural landscapes; and his artistic and political ties to a giant of 15th-century Florence: Lorenzo de’ Medici (“The Magnificent”).
Hace 5 días · He became known as Piero the Gouty. Not a great title. After Piero’s five-year reign (he died in 1469), his son Lorenzo took over. Lorenzo, despite being gouty himself, was a paragon of Renaissance manhood: accomplished in sport and music, a decent poet, a great patron of the arts. He was intellectually curious, charismatic and shrewd.
Hace 1 día · The Letters of Introduction I had in my pocket in 1496. The first letter in my own handwriting that had the good fortune to reach your day was written in Rome. It was July 2, 1496 and I had arrived in Rome for the first time with letters written by Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de’ Medici in my pocket intended for Raffaele Riario, Cardinal of San ...
Hace 2 días · Con más de sesenta ilustraciones, mapas y notas sobre las obras de arte y los edificios que promovió la familia, Florencia, esplendor y declive de la Casa de Medici es un libro apasionante sobre una desaparecida dinastía cuya fama perdura Hicieron de Florencia un centro de poder europeo e iluminaron el mundo impulsando el Renacimiento italiano.
Hace 1 día · Trip report - Santa croce with Dan harper. Since the last time i visited Firenze 6 years back, i got acquainted with Dan n made it a point to coordinate with him for a rich historical informative tour of Santa croce. The tribute to the masters of Renaissance and Dan's command over the knowledge of Santa croce meant ,the magic that began at 2 pm ...
Hace 5 días · Lorenzo il Magnifico: li cialdoni - storia della gastronomia. Pare che Lorenzo dé Medici fosse anche un buon gastronomo, tanto che nel suo Canto de' Cialdonai insegna a fare i cialdoni. «Metti nel vaso acqua e farina, quando hai menato, poi vi si getta quel ch'è dolce e bianco zucchero: fatto l'intriso, poi col dito assaggia, se ti par buono ...
