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Lorenzo de'Medici: Collector and Antiquarian.(Book review)
Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2006; Brown, Clifford M.; 787 words
; 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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Lorenzo de' Medici and the Art of Magnificence.(Book review)
Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2006; Fabbri, Lorenzo; 787 words
; 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 power ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Lorenzo the Inconsiderable. (quincentenary anniversary of the death of Lorenzo de Medici)
The Economist (US); 8/29/1992; 492 words
; ... Genoa. The quincentenary of Lorenzo de Medici's death in 1492, on the ... years old. All the great Medici buildings--notably San Lorenzo and San Marco--are now ... Hardly. The collapse of the Medici bank dates from Lorenzo's inheritance of it. A ...
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Portraits and masks in the art of Lorenzo de' Medici, Botticelli, and Politian's 'Stanze per la Giostra.'.
Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/1999; Dempsey, Charles; 787 words
; ... 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 ... festival songs always the same, Lorenzo sought to vary not only ...
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A vaulted crypt belonging to the Medici family has been uncovered in the church of San Lorenzo in Florence.(News)
History Today; 9/1/2004; 111 words
; A vaulted crypt belonging to the Medici family has been uncovered in the church of San Lorenzo in Florence. The secret vault, measuring ... scientists lifted a slab from the floor of the Medici chapels and found seven steps leading ... last month excavating the remains of 49 Medici family members buried ...
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The ultimate pen. (Montblanc's Lorenzo de Medici pen) (Accessories: Supplement to Women's Wear Daily) (Brief Article)
WWD; 5/1/1992; 169 words
; ... 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 organization ...
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The first phase of the excavation of the Medici tombs from the crypt of San Lorenzo in Florence has uncovered new discoveries about the dynasty.(Brief Article)
History Today; 5/1/2005; 98 words
; The first phase of the excavation of the Medici tombs from the crypt of San Lorenzo in Florence has uncovered new discoveries about the dynasty. Analysis of the remains of Cosimo I, said to have been crippled with ...
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Crying in the wilderness: a bronze 'St John the Baptist' from the circle of Piero the Gouty De'Medici: in the 1450s Lorenzo the Magnificent's father commissioned a bronze statuette of St John the Baptist for a holy-water stoup in SS Annunziata, Florence. Charles Avery presents new evidence that this lost work has survived unidentified in the Bargello.
Apollo; 6/1/2008; Avery, Charles; 787 words
; ... writes that Michelozzo was brought out of retirement by Piero de' Medici to help design a special shrine to the Virgin Annunciate and ... is not descended directly from the old family holdings of the Medici. (5) To this information the present writer was, happily, able ...
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THE Medici Brothers 1469-78.
History Review; 3/1/1999; Hole, Robert; 787 words
; ... the nineteen-year-old Lorenzo de' Medici, the elder son and heir ... bride's Roman home because Lorenzo's father, Piero de' Medici, was seriously ill, crippled ... citizens not princes. It was Lorenzo's grandfather, Cosimo de' Medici, who had established himself ...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Raphael's Medici portrait to fetch pounds 15m.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England); 5/22/2007; 340 words
; ... painting of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici by Renaissance artist Raphael ... wealthiest families in Europe and Lorenzo de' Medici was ruler of Florence from 1513 ... was the nephew of Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, who was elected Pope Leo X ...
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