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...

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Published in:Botticelli's Neoplatonic Images pp. 11 - 26
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1985
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