CHAPTER II: LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT: MEDICI HUMANISM.
Chapter II of the book "Botticelli's Neoplatonic Images" is presented. It discusses the patronage of the Medici family especially Lorenzo, the Magnificent who commissioned most of Botticelli's mythological paintings. It explains humanism and studia humanitas and relates it to the Medicean cultural r...
| Publicado en: | Botticelli's Neoplatonic Images pp. 11 - 26 |
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| Formato: | Capítulo de libro |
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Digitalia Publishing Corp.
1985
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| Sumario: | Chapter II of the book "Botticelli's Neoplatonic Images" is presented. It discusses the patronage of the Medici family especially Lorenzo, the Magnificent who commissioned most of Botticelli's mythological paintings. It explains humanism and studia humanitas and relates it to the Medicean cultural revival in Florence, Italy. It states that the Medici humanism formed the moral and philosophical quest of the Quattrocento. |
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