Throughout the history of philanthropy in the arts, the motivations the wealthy can generally be grouped into status, ...

Ginevra de’ Benci was a poet famed for her beauty and intellect. But art historians know little ... Florence’s de facto ruler Lorenzo de’ Medici, the writer and diplomat Alessandro Braccesi ...

Two other Leos—Popes Leo X and XI—were members of the great Medici clan of art patrons. Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, Pope Leo X, a son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was the subject of one of ...

Pope Leo X (born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici) held the papal see from 1475 ... Peter Paul Rubens/The Metropolitan Museum of Art Martin Luther was one of the key figures in the Protestant ...

Leo X, the son of ruler of the Florentine Republic, Lorenzo de' Medici, was one of the leading ... and the cultivation of science and art. The 16th century was the heyday of the order.

The Medici family was definitely one of the richest dynasties in Renaissance Italy and perhaps they were the most influential patrons of the arts in history.

Nasty rumours, intricate plots, boldfaced lies, declarations of love, and accusations of murder – letters containing all these flit across Renaissance Italy in Laurent Binet’s epistolary Perspectives ...

They shared with us their favorite popes—not just for their policies or theological innovations, but for their personalities, patronage, and deep influence on the art and architecture ... and plotting ...

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In spite of an open letter signed by over 6,500 artists, demanding the cancellation of Augmented Intelligence – Christie’s artificial intelligence (AI) art auction that ran from February 20 to ...

Renaissance writers reassessed their history, inventing terms like the Dark Ages — to the eternal chagrin of medievalists — ...

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