Download or read book Magnifico written by Miles Unger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miles Unger's biography of this complex figure draws on primary research in Italian sources and on his intimate knowledge of Florence, where he lived for several years."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Magnifico written by Miles J. Unger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Lorenzo De Medici at Home written by Richard Stapleford and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An inventory of the private possessions of Lorenzo il Magnifico de' Medici, head of the ruling Medici family during the apogee of the Florentine Renaissance"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Lorenzo Il Magnifico written by Melissa Meriam Bullard and published by Olschki. This book was released on 1994 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrations Historical and Critical of the Life of Lorenzo De Medici Called the Magnificent written by William Roscoe and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Lorenzo De Medici Called the Magnificent written by William Roscoe and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Lorenzo De Medici Called the Magnificent written by William Roscoe and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lorenzo Il Magnifico With Plates written by Luigi Ugolini and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Lorenzo De Medici Called The Magnificent by William Roscoe Vol 1 4 written by and published by . This book was released on 1799 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Lorenzo De Medici Called the Magnificent written by William Roscoe and published by . This book was released on 1796 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Florentine History written by Niccolò Machiavelli and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lorenzo De Medici and the Art of Magnificence written by F. W. Kent and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Historian F.W. Kent offers a new look at Lorenzo's relationship to the arts, aesthetics, collecting, and building - especially in the context of his role as the political boss (maestro della bottega) of republican Florence and a leading player in Renaissance Italian diplomacy. Kent's approach reveals Lorenzo's activities as an art patron as far more extensive and creative than previously thought. Known as "the Magnificent," Lorenzo was broadly interested in the arts and supported efforts to beautify Florence and the many Medici lands and palaces. His expertise was well regarded by guildsmen and artists, who often turned to him for advice as well as for patronage.
Download or read book The Life of Lorenzo De Medici Called the Magnificent The Third Edition Corrected written by William Roscoe and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lorenzo De Medici Il Magnifico A Biography Germ written by Alfred von REUMONT and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Lorenzo De Medici Called Te Magnificent written by William Roscoe and published by . This book was released on 1797 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Da Vinci s Tiger written by L. M. Elliott and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of rich and vivid historical novels like Girl with a Pearl Earring and Code Name Verity, Laura Malone Elliott delivers the stunning tale of real-life Renaissance woman Ginevra de' Benci, the inspiration for one of Leonardo da Vinci's earliest masterpieces. The young and beautiful daughter of a wealthy family, Ginevra longs to share her poetry and participate in the artistic ferment of Renaissance Florence but is trapped in an arranged marriage in a society dictated by men. The arrival of the charismatic Venetian ambassador, Bernardo Bembo, introduces Ginevra to a dazzling circle of patrons, artists, and philosophers. Bembo chooses Ginevra as his Platonic muse and commissions a portrait of her by a young Leonardo da Vinci. Posing for the brilliant painter inspires an intimate connection between them, one Ginevra only begins to understand. In a rich and vivid world of exquisite art with a dangerous underbelly of deadly political feuds, Ginevra faces many challenges to discover her voice and artistic companionship—and to find love.
Download or read book Florence in the Time of the Medici written by Michel Plaisance and published by Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
