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5 days ago · The Medici family came from the agricultural Mugello region north of Florence, and they are first mentioned in a document of 1230. The origin of the name is uncertain. Medici is the plural of medico, meaning "medical doctor". The dynasty began with the founding of the Medici Bank in Florence in 1397. Rise to power
5 days ago · In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm.
1 day ago · Jordan Peters as King Edward, Kate O’Flynn as Princess Mary, Dominic Cooper as Lord Seymour and Abbie Hearn as Bess, a.k.a. Princess Elizabeth, in “My Lady Jane.”
4 days ago · The Medici were overthrown in 1494, and even before the end of the political turmoil Michelangelo had left. In Bologna he was hired to succeed a recently deceased sculptor and carve the last small figures required to complete a grand project, the tomb and shrine of St. Dominic (1494–95).
- The frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508–12) in the Vatican, which include the iconic depiction of the creation of Adam interpreted...
- Michelangelo first gained notice in his 20s for his sculptures of the Pietà (1499) and David (1501) and cemented his fame with the ceiling frescoes...
- Michelangelo painted the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel not lying down as sometimes described but standing on an extensive scaffold,...
- Many writers have described Michelangelo as the archetype of a brooding and difficult artist, and, although he was indeed hot-tempered, his charact...
- The Renaissance man is an ideal that developed in Renaissance Italy from one of its most-accomplished representatives, Leon Battista Alberti, who s...
3 days ago · The beginnings of the period—the early Renaissance of the 15th century and the Italian Proto-Renaissance from around 1250 or 1300—overlap considerably with the Late Middle Ages, conventionally dated to c. 1350–1500, and the Middle Ages themselves were a long period filled with gradual changes, like the modern age; as a transitional period ...
3 days ago · Italy - Savonarola, Florence, Reform: The French invasion and defeat and the exile of the Medici gave particular prominence within the new republican regime of Florence to a friar, Girolamo Savonarola.
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5 days ago · 432. Buy on Amazon. Reviewed by: Arthur Hoyle. “a story of astonishing self-indulgence and greed by France’s tiny, privileged nobility at the expense of the subjects of the realm.”. Catherine de’ Medici has come down to us through history as “the serpent queen,” a tag that captures her reputation for political opportunism and ...
