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CRITICAL EYE ON LANZHOU
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Eager to attract foreign investment, Gansu's capital dusts itself off
Once a major stop along the Silk Road, Lanzhou has remained a hub of trade and commerce in Northwest China. The capital of Gansu offers investors reliable and relatively inexpensive energy supplies and a good transportation network in and out of the city. It also has lower costs of living than those of rival cities such as Xi'an in Shaanxi and Chengdu in Sichuan and many second-tier cities along the coast. Yet although Lanzhou is at the center of trade activity in China's Northwest, the city feels remote, both in terms of ...
 "The Economist (US)")
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Lorenzo the Inconsiderable. (quincentenary anniversary of the death of Lorenzo de Medici)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...The quincentenary of Lorenzo de Medici's death in 1492, on...years old. All the great Medici buildings--notably San Lorenzo and San Marco--are...The collapse of the Medici bank dates from Lorenzo's inheritance of it...
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Lorenzo de'Medici: Collector and Antiquarian.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...Laurie Fusco and Gino Corti. Lorenzo de'Medici: Collector and Antiquarian...the antiquarian ambitions of Lorenzo de' Medici, the notes providing a dazzling...amount of information regarding Lorenzo de' Medici's ambitions to excel in the...
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Astral magic in the Renaissance: gems, poetry, and patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
; ...diary in April 1492 that as Lorenzo de' Medici lay dying, a violent storm...explicitly about magic, works by Lorenzo de' Medici, Poliziano, Botticelli...explanation for the storm raging at Lorenzo de' Medici's death neatly supports evidence...
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Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; F. W. Kent. Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence...extensive biography of Lorenzo de' Medici which he has been preparing...and in its support of Medici dynastic aspirations. Less obvious is Lorenzo's use of political...
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Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici Miles J. Unger JR Books 513pp...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Biographies of Lorenzo de' Medici have been appearing in English...while taking time to discuss Lorenzo's Medici background and the Florentine...
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Lorenzo de' Medici: Collector and Antiquarian.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 9780521452458 Lorenzo de' Medici; collector and antiquarian. Fusco, Laurie and Gino Corti. Cambridge U. Pr. 2006 423 pages $170.00 Hardcover N5273 Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) is well-known as a patron of the arts in 15th...
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Portraits and masks in the art of Lorenzo de' Medici, Botticelli, and Politian's 'Stanze per la Giostra.'.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...Lasca and Vasari both report that Lorenzo de' Medici reshaped the traditional Florentine...acknowledges that "[b]efore [Lorenzo's time] men celebrated Carnival...ballo." Although nothing about Lorenzo is without controversy, the prevailing...
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The ultimate pen. (Montblanc's Lorenzo de Medici pen) (Accessories: Supplement to Women's Wear Daily) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: WWD
; ...new level of status with a limited edition called the Lorenzo de Medici. | Named for one of history's most famous patrons...patrons honored by Montblanc were given 18-karat gold de Medici pens and $25,000 donations to their favorite arts...
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LORENZO'S HEIRS.(Medici family)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...COSIMO, GREAT-GRANDSON OF LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT, MADE A BOLD...soon proved that he, like his Medici forebears, was well qualified...the Florentines. Following a Medici tradition--and one that...became the most loyal of the Medici dominions. In the city of...
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Two notes on Michelangelo in Florence: the facade of S Lorenzo and the 'kneeling' windows of Palazzo Medici.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...one earlier historian of S Lorenzo struck a note of caution over...of the piazza in front of S Lorenzo, an idea which would come...X and Cardinal Giulio de' Medici. One indication of Michelangelo...Leonardo Grosso della Rovere and Lorenzo Pucci, in early July 1516...
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