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Showing posts with label Savonarola. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Savonarola. Show all posts
4 August 2018

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici - politician

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Art enthusiast who was Botticelli’s major patron Botticelli's   1479 Portrait of a Young Man, is thought to be Lorenzo di Pierfran...
8 April 2018

Lorenzo the Magnificent - Renaissance ruler

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Patron of the arts who sponsored Michelangelo and Botticelli A portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bro...
28 December 2017

Piero the Unfortunate – Medici ruler

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Ill-fated son of Lorenzo the Magnificent Piero the Unfortunate's poor judgment earned him his unenviable moniker Piero di Lo...
28 March 2017

Fra Bartolommeo - Renaissance great

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Friar rated equal of Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo Bartolommeo's God the Father with SS Catherine of Siena and Mary Magdalene ...
7 February 2017

The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Preacher Savonarola's war on Renaissance 'excesses' The statue of Girolamo Savonarola in Piazza Savonarola in Florence T...
17 November 2016

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola – philosopher

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Writer of the 'Manifesto of the Renaissance' met an early death Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: this portrait by Cristofano de...
23 May 2016

Girolamo Savonarola executed

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Death of the friar who was to inspire best-selling novel by Tom Wolfe A stark portrait of Savonarola, painted by Fra Bartolomeo sh...
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2 January 2016

Piero di Cosimo – painter

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Florentine artist achieved world wide recognition A Renaissance artist famous for his elaborate landscapes, Piero di Cosimo, was born on...