| 单词 | Medici |
| 例句 | With almost a dozen immortal emperors jostling for position, high-level Inka society was characterized by ramose political intrigue of a scale that would have delighted the Medici. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We can imagine it was rendered literally accessible from the palaces, as Cosimo Medici made Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio accessible through a special aboveground corridor from his private residence. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He began to campaign for such a return, and published the instruction manual for his compass in a limited edition book, dedicated to Prince Cosimo de’ Medici, in 1606. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The object itself no longer survives; we last hear of it in 1494, when it is listed among the effects of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the Medici ruler of Florence, on his death. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She raced down the block to the Medici Restaurant, pulled open the heavy wooden door, and flung herself inside. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I remember the soft face of Alessandro de’ Medici, the royal bearing of Bosch’s black magi. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Italian fashion dominated the reign of King Henry II of France, thanks to his wife, Catherine de Medici, whose role in the arts of sixteenth-century France is hard to exaggerate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The region was ruled by the Duke of Florence, Cosimo de’ Medici, who had also been crowned Duke of Tuscany by the Pope in 1570 for his part in successful military campaigns against the Moors. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Bronzino's Medici portraits express their divine right to be dynastic rulers. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z But there is one aspect of the relationship between art and money in Medici Florence that is deeply enigmatic. The Medicis: money, myth and mystery 2011-08-10T16:36:28Z Across the world in 17th-century Florence, the ruling Medici family would host elaborate feasts featuring tabletop mountain ranges sculpted from ice made by chilling water in winter. The icy backstory to that "clink clink" you’ll hear when raising a toast to the end of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Michelangelo couldn’t stand him, and when the Medicis stormed back, it was Michelangelo’s turn to flee. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Many of the portraits in this exhibition are roughly contemporaneous with those in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570.” Review | The first major Hans Holbein exhibition in the U.S. shows us the sobering reality of raw power 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z He received the French Legion of Honor, the Medici Prize of Italy and Spain's Cervantes Prize, the most respected award in Spanish letters. Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato dies at 99 2011-04-30T16:58:15Z “I am a free man,” Mr. Medici said. Ancient Vase Seized From Met Museum on Suspicion It Was Looted 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z She is particularly partial to an ornate diamond ring given to her by her husband for her last birthday, handmade in Florence, where they have a house, from a Medici design. Debi Mazar’s Talent for Glamour 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Medici was a meticulous record keeper, and when his Geneva storerooms were first raided in 1995, the police found 3,800 antiquities and thousands of related documents. Ancient Vase Seized From Met Museum on Suspicion It Was Looted 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Lending lofty inspiration to the lively debate held in the Uffizi Galleries was a fresco of Botticelli, who was just one of the many artists who enjoyed the Medicis' favor. Italy's museums turn toward the private sector for funding 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z “He was scared that perhaps the Medicis would assassinate him so it was an emergency exit, but it was also a way to get to the inn or local women without his wife noticing.” In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Reading's picture of Marie de' Medici, the second wife of Henry IV of France, was almost certainly done "on the spot, from life", and probably drawn in 1622. Rubens drawing emerges from Reading University store cupboard 2013-05-28T16:19:23Z The family returned to power with the ascension of Alessandro de’ Medici, who in 1532, became the first hereditary Duke of Florence. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z At the wedding of Maria de Medici to Henri IV, in Florence, in 1600, the groom was not in attendance, but he was represented by an impressive sugar sculpture depicting him on horseback. Peeps Dioramas and Their Surprisingly Long Prehistory 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The rest of us terrestrial plebes made do with video clips and telescopes, watching the six-hour partial lunar eclipse last month, the longest in duration since the days of the Medicis. The Year Space Got Sexy All Over Again 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The director of the Villa Medicis in Rome, curator for the show, hopes to reverse the trend. Arts: Arts Guide 2011-06-03T12:00:44Z He got the attention of the Medicis fast, and by 1465 the family asked him to design a bronze statue of David as a tribute to a Florentine military victory. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z In his lifetime, Leonardo was a cultural export, from Florence under the Medicis to the upstart court of Milan, and a cultural import, from Milan to France. Review | Not every Leonardo is in the huge Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. What’s at the Louvre, though, is brilliant. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Medici extended a solemn invitation to popes, dukes and rival businessmen to share mass with him in his intimate private chapel at the palazzo that bears his name. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z They were the greatest bankers of their age, and the Medici bank pioneered crucial aspects of modern finance. The Medicis: money, myth and mystery 2011-08-10T16:36:28Z Lessons in cross-cultural affinities become explicit in the exhibition’s final rooms, where there is an exquisitely inlaid turquoise and mother-of-pearl mask that found its way to the Renaissance duke Cosimo de Medici. At the Met, All That Dazzles Is Not Just Gold — It’s Feathers, Too 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z She attributed the mess to one Medici in particular, Alessandro Medici, a ruler of Florence, whose assassinated corpse had apparently been buried in the tomb without being properly eviscerated. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z An air of menace infects the city, and especially the Medici court, where Zummo makes an enemy of sinister Dominican Padre Stufa. Secrecy by Rupert Thomson – review 2013-03-23T15:00:01Z The two of them — the spare, driven artist and the comfortable, fluid patron — evoke a modern Michelangelo and Medici, bonded by mutual trust and now locked into a very public artistic endeavor. The Perfect Menu. Now Change It. 2011-02-16T06:00:43Z In his twenties, Baccio became enamored of the reformist preachings of Savonarola, a vocal critic of the ruling Medici clan who advocated the destruction of secular art and culture. Fra Bartolommeo Has His Moment 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In 1531, the Medici Pope Clement VII pardoned Michelangelo, who went back to work on the family chapel. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The ultimate beneficiary of Medici patronage was Michelangelo, who shared both the Medici instinct for making money and the Medici determination to ignore it. The Medicis: money, myth and mystery 2011-08-10T16:36:28Z It’s a corrupt world that makes the Medici Renaissance court look rather innocent. ‘The Country of Ice Cream Star,’ by Sandra Newman 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z International Rock Comes to Villa Medici in Rome The Villa Aperta music festival at the French Academy brings international pop, electro and rock music to the 16th-century Villa Medici in Rome through Saturday. In Transit Blog: International Rock Comes to Villa Medici in Rome 2012-06-01T22:09:28Z Herman performs a public service with a chapter on “Modern Medicis: The Rebirth of Political Poison,” in which she examines some notorious examples of political murder. Hunting Down the Best True-Crime Tales 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z But this is a political drama based on the restoration of the fortunes of the Medici family, which had ruled Florence for much of the 15th century. A dark duke 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Cosimo de' Medici saw the political and economic advantages of highlighting Medici patronage, past and present. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z You imagine him cradling the bulky volumes, ogling bucolic scenes of a bygone German countryside now in ruins, imagining himself the next Medici. Abroad: 13th Linz Album of Hitler?s Returned to Germany 2010-05-18T23:58:00Z It also made me dive into Wikipedia for more info on Henry II, which led to more reading on Diane De Poitiers, and then to the Medicis. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z In Florence, Francesco de’ Medici kept his collection in a windowless room about the size of a modern living room, and items were stored in closed cupboards without any form of identification. Review | ‘Cabinets of Curiosities’ delves into the history of collectors and their stunning, strange acquisitions 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z "The Serpent Queen" presents Catherine de Medici as a cultivator of chaos. In a TV landscape full of serious monarchs "The Serpent Queen" has bite, along with a good time 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The Medici family’s contributions to the Renaissance were tremendous, not the least of which was establishing what is said to be the first public library in Europe. A Literary Tour of Italy’s Libraries 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The end point is the Pitti Palace, where the Medici once lived and which now houses other museums. The Taming of Italy’s Most Popular Museum 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The Medicis' power – spiritual, cultural and economic – is in dramatic decline and the court to which Zumbo is summoned is a savagely repressive one. Secrecy by Rupert Thomson – review 2013-03-20T07:59:01Z I took a short break from writing, then, calmly, over the next three years finished “The Medici Boy,” which was published simultaneously on the Web and in hardback. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z She is like a Medici commissioning a masterwork to show her power, except the patron is also the master—as well as the model and the subject. Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” Is a Total Synthesis of the Pop Arts 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z A friend dragged Medici to shore following the attack, where emergency CPR was performed. Massachusetts tourist in Bahamas bitten by shark while spearfishing 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The workshop was founded by Ferdinando I de’ Medici in 1588 for the inlay of precious stones but now is the major institution for the conservation of art. After the Florence Flood: Saving Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Cornell’s greatest works —- the blue-hued Medici boxes from the 1940s, the palaces twinkling in European forests — were already completed by the time he stumbled upon Gris’s masterwork. These Shadow Boxes Are Striking. The Story of Their Origin Is, Too. 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Together these portraits probably attest to the reality of African DNA flowing through Medici blood, and through the very center of the European High Renaissance. Art Review: ‘African Presence in Renaissance Europe,’ at Walters Museum 2012-11-08T20:30:57Z The Medicis owned that bronze, and the young artist was being asked to measure up. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Botticelli was a Medici protege, who portrays himself among the men of this famous lineage in his Adoration of the Magi in the Uffizi. The Medicis: money, myth and mystery 2011-08-10T16:36:28Z Doors will open at 8 p.m., giving guests the opportunity to enjoy Villa Medici and its amazing panorama of Rome. In Transit Blog: International Rock Comes to Villa Medici in Rome 2012-06-01T22:09:28Z Giovanni de' Medici was destined for the church, and in the double portrait, already thinks of higher things. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z In the case of Il Borro, a 1,750-acre farm estate in the Arno Valley that twice passed through Medici hands, the recorded history of noble owners dates to a millennium ago. Ferruccio Ferragamo 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z On the one hand, the order had a reputation for up-to-date learning, which attracted the loyalty and largess of high-toned patrons, notably the Medicis. Review: Art for the Soul in ‘Fra Angelico: Heaven on Earth’ 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z In 2000, the chairman of the architecture department at the University of Washington, where Allen later endowed a separate school for computer science and engineering, likened him to a modern Medici. The Rare Humanism Behind Paul Allen’s Technological Vision 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Was it written by a cynical politician in order to win back public office under the restored Medici? The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that He Made by Philip Bobbitt – review 2013-07-11T14:59:00Z Patrons of the 21st century are far less politically motivated than the Medici family and their ilk, and they generally don’t house artists in their lavish estates or command them to paint frescos. Suffering for Your Art? Maybe You Need a Patron 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z And Western museums hold a small number of objects that, in the 16th and 17th centuries, traveled from Africa to Europe as souvenirs or gifts, landing in Medici palaces and cathedral treasuries. Review: ‘Kongo: Power and Majesty’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z A young Lucrezia de’ Medici fears that her husband wants to murder her. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z L’Heureux published twenty books of fiction and poetry, including the novels “A Woman Run Mad,” “The Shrine at Altamira,” “The Miracle,” and “The Medici Boy.” On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The Battle of Anghiari was covered or destroyed at the behest of the Medici. Leonardo's 'lost' Christ, sold for ?45 in 1956 ? now valued at ?120m 2011-07-12T18:06:57Z In September 2018, Arthur Medici died after a shark attack at Newcomb Hollow Beach on Cape Cod, Mass. This was the first fatal shark attack in the state since 1936. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ and ‘Heels’ 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z THE short life and violent death of Alessandro de’ Medici, duke of Florence, is like the plot of a Verdi opera. A dark duke 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z But it's worth walking the perimeter of this graveyard, through eerie woods, to see the 16th-century bulwarks of a fortress, built here to dominate the city and secure Medici rule. Florence, without the machine 2010-06-21T10:56:00Z "I like to think that we're like the Medicis of velvet painting," he says with a grin, "helping revive the art." L.A.'s Velveteria museum shows there's more to plush paintings than Elvis and clowns 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z This place feels as old as time itself: the Etruscans were here, there is a Roman amphitheatre and the Medici made their inimitable and indelible mark with a fortress, which they converted into a prison. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z At onetime, Bradley said that Rothko may have made the introduction to the de Menils, then the Medicis of the art world. Is Peter Bradley Ready for Round 2 in the Limelight? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z From his “Story of Saint Paul” series to the “Seven Deadly Sins,” Coecke’s tapestries—created for such notable collectors as Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Cosimo de’ Medici—achieve a quality of lifelike magic. Pieter Coecke van Aelst’s Renaissance tapestries inspire interior designers 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z He called the Fendi family the "new patrons" of the arts, likening them to the Medici family of Renaissance Tuscany. Rome Trevi Fountain, symbol of Dolce Vita, to get big facelift 2013-01-28T19:09:31Z The Medici are among the most renowned art patrons in history, and with good reason. The Medicis: money, myth and mystery 2011-08-10T16:36:28Z Yet Medici wanted to leave a tangible mark, funding churches, hospitals, monasteries and orphanages. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine Florence, cradle of the High Renaissance of early modern Europe, without its avaricious, venal, culture-conscious first family, the Medici. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Deeply satisfying new exhibitions on the Medicis and the 20th-century painter and social activist Alice Neel are huge summer draws at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Perspective | Broadway, and the rest of New York’s cultural life, is on the cusp of a vibrant rebound 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “The Medici Boy,” a novel about Donatello, had required many years of research, and now the writing was taking nearly as long. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The narrow, arched room below the Medici Chapels Museum in Florence has some suspiciously virtuosic doodles on the walls. Are ‘Secret Room’ Drawings by Michelangelo? Now, Visitors Can Judge for Themselves. 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Both paintings were done in or around the brief period when Florence had expelled the oppressive Medici regime and declared itself a republic. Review: A Renaissance Painter, Andrea del Sarto, Striving for Perfection 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z The remnants of a 17th-century aqueduct built by the Medici family runs through town. Cultured Traveler: A ‘Little Jerusalem’ in the Heart of Italy 2012-11-22T18:40:22Z Highlights and high points: For Anna, a highlight was seeing the Villa Medici in Rome, a central stage in her novel. What a Trip: A three-city Italian tour sets the stage for a novelist This exhibition explores the art of the Medici court in the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing on depictions of social outcasts, like gamblers, jesters and dwarves. Iggy Azalea in Rabat, British Portraits in Moscow and More: Global Arts Guide 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The later Medicis completed the change from merchants to aristocrats and even royals. The Medicis: money, myth and mystery 2011-08-10T16:36:28Z Zummo is driven as an artist by the desire to endow his creations with this elusive quality of ambiguity; what the English collector he meets at the Medici court calls "liminality". Secrecy by Rupert Thomson – review 2013-03-23T15:00:01Z The Medici were driven out Florence in 1494, leading to a new constitution inspired by that of Venice. Art Review: The Great Rustici Emerges From the Shadows 2010-12-13T15:41:00Z In 1527, with the Sack of Rome, Florentines, including Michelangelo, supported a Republic and overthrew the Medicis. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The Medicis, a family of illustrious Florentine bankers that rose to power in the 14th and 15th centuries, produced popes, princes and two queens of France. Treasures of the Medicis on Display in Paris 2010-09-21T10:00:00Z Friedrich, who cast himself and Dia’s founders as modern Medicis, likened this philosophy to the almost spiritual certitude that Giotto’s frescoes will always be there in Padua when you step into the Scrovegni Chapel. Dia 2.0: Facing the Future 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z It would be absurd to see Tudor England as more economically realistic than Medici Florence. Velázquez: the artist of Spanish decline 2012-06-11T09:48:33Z “The Medici: Portraits and Politics: 1512-1570” looked at portraiture in Florence as the Medici family reestablished its control over the city, now ruling as hereditary dukes rather than oligarchs and behind-the-scenes puppet masters. Perspective | Best visual art of 2021: Jasper Johns in two venues, Medici portraits and text-based artist Barbara Kruger 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Nobody knows who the Medici family is where I come from. The plight of young hoop stars who don't go pro 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z A shark attack claimed the life of 26-year-old Arthur Medici earlier this month at a Cape Cod beach in Wellfleet, Mass. Massachusetts tourist in Bahamas bitten by shark while spearfishing 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Born in 1511 in the town of Arezzo, which is southeast of Florence, Vasari was esteemed during his lifetime as a painter and an architect who worked for the mighty Medici clan. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “I’m a daughter of Catherine de Medici,” Ms. Poplavskaya said merrily when reminded of the incident. Want to Be a Star? Take Your Lumps 2010-12-26T02:24:10Z Bocci’s “TwiLight” pictures were made at dusk on the grounds of the Medici Fortress in Siena, Italy, the city where the photographer was born. Review | In the galleries: Exhibits explore the many meanings of blue 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici in 1459, the fresco turned the chapel into a vision of paradise, with cheetahs and birds, as imagined by the newly emerging merchant class. 36 Hours: Florence 2010-07-23T06:19:00Z The bacteria strains got back to the Medici Chapel, which had reopened with reduced hours, in mid-October. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z A young Lucrezia de’ Medici fears her husband wants to murder her. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z “For lack of a better term, the Medicis of our time are at the universities,” he said. A New Company Rises From the Ashes of Gotham Chamber Opera 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z A mask covered in a mosaic of lustrous turquoise made its way into the collection of Cosimo I de Medici. Review | Gold, jade, macaw feathers, turquoise: Ancient American beauty at the Met 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z You are the modern Medicis and I need your help to make this happen. Don't just buy the record -- help make it 2011-09-01T19:02:00Z It was the Medici family that left a special, ducal imprint on the houses. Ferruccio Ferragamo 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z At the press conference, Vinceti proposed a solution to the mystery, set in a political shadow world at the intersection of Medici power, papal authority, and fundamentalist religious hysteria. A Renaissance Murder Mystery 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The photographs were found during a 1995 raid on Medici’s Geneva storeroom that turned up a hoard of looted artifacts and thousands of photographs of items that the authorities view as stolen. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The task as Cosimo saw it was to maintain the illusion of Medici power through art. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z One of the surest routes to profit for the Medici Bank was the Vatican account. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Yes, Hefner may have his flaws, or at least his quirks and peculiarities, the movie murmurs: So, too, did Lorenzo de' Medici! "Hugh Hefner" and the creation of American manhood 2010-07-30T00:30:00Z “It’s like working with the Medicis,” she said. After over a decade, Jane Campion returns to film 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z There were a few exceptions: Medieval monks used dedicated spaces to copy manuscripts, and the Medici family originally created Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, now the world famous museum, for their vast business empire. We hate the office. We love the office. Do we want to go back? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Through the good offices of Vasari, who returned at the same time, he received the first of a series of important commissions from Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici. Art: In Florence, Revelations in Stone 2011-08-12T11:30:07Z Mr. Medici had provided the museum with “false provenance documentation,” Italian officials said in a statement. 25 Looted Artifacts Return to Italy 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z That obsession with politics grew until the most powerful and charismatic Medici of all, Lorenzo the Magnificent, let the bank decay while he concentrated on running the Florentine state. The Medicis: money, myth and mystery 2011-08-10T16:36:28Z Later the palace belonged to another family as the Medici made themselves Grand Dukes of Tuscany and inhabited more grandiose Florentine buildings. Does great art make you ill? 2010-08-02T15:16:00Z September 21, 2010, Treasures of the Medicis on Display in Paris Musée Maillol Botticelli’s “Adoration of the Magi,” part of the “Treasures of the Medicis” exhibition at the Musée Maillol in Paris. Treasures of the Medicis on Display in Paris 2010-09-21T10:00:00Z We know the image well, though the fresco — thanks to the first of what would be endless Medici interventions — never got beyond the full-scale cartoon stage. Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z “The Medici” highlights these literary accomplishments in detail, as well as the story of how the Medici became the Renaissance’s most influential family. A Literary Tour of Italy’s Libraries 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z A version of this article appears in print on January 29, 2014, on page C1 of the with the headline: A Medici to Spray Paint And Graffiti Artists . ‘City as Canvas’ Reflects Martin Wong’s Collection 2014-01-28T22:38:00Z The images in “Rooms With a View” range from cozy Biedermeier sitting rooms to vaulting studios at the Villa Medici in Rome and tend to convey a decidedly cosseted vision of life. Art Review: Romantics Shining Clear Light on Daily Existence 2011-04-07T22:30:23Z Eventually, 400 of these manuscripts would become the foundation of the Medici Library. A Literary Tour of Italy’s Libraries 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z They were, he said, the "new Medicis" and were from across the world. Records set at art auctions 2010-06-23T23:01:00Z Each drawing or note references Florentine institutions or personalities, such as a 1515 scribble appearing to criticize the Medici family. Leonardo’s spirit lives on in his hometown of Vinci, Italy 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Here, two books that use the library as a backdrop, and one that chronicles the rise and fall of the Medici family, whose commitment to literature left an imprint on a nation. A Literary Tour of Italy’s Libraries 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Arthur Medici, the man who died, was twenty-six. A Deadly Shark Attack at a Beach on Cape Cod That I Know Well 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z An Attic red-figure vase, acquired from Mr. Medici in 1983, was recovered from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, which returned the piece once its illegal provenance was determined. 25 Looted Artifacts Return to Italy 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z In 1494, Savonarola became in effect the leader of the Florentine Republic, after the Medici family were overthrown. Botticelli: from Renaissance art to religion | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-25T15:24:00Z They were, he said, the "new Medicis" and were from across the world: Europe, the US, the Middle East, Russia, China and yes, even Britain. Picasso, Manet and Matisse - auctions revel in Europe's richest art sales 2010-06-23T23:27:00Z The foundations of the case against True and Hecht were largely laid down from the Medici probe. Ex-Getty curator trafficking trial ends in Italy 2010-10-13T19:57:00Z His obsession with Michelangelo’s “Night,” a sculpture at the Medici Chapel in Florence, resulted in the marvelous “Large Seated Nude.” Art in Review: ?MATISSE AND THE MODEL? 2011-11-17T22:17:35Z Compared with rubbing shoulders in previous games with Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, the Medicis and the Borgias, including a pope, the core Revelations story seems stale. Video Game Review: Revelations, Latest Assassin?s Creed Video Game by Ubisoft 2011-12-12T22:57:21Z The photos had been found in the Geneva offices of Giacomo Medici, an accused Italian antiquities trafficker. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The best known of these is Donatello’s bronze “David,” which he created for the Medici, the Florentine dynasty that promoted the artist. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Artists include eX de Medici, who works with photography, painting and tattoos; and Heather B Swann, who created a large mural artwork that stretches across roughly 80 feet of gallery wall. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z When the gallery opened, The Times of London praised it as “the first stone of an English school of painting,” predicting that Boydell’s name would endure “in the same rank with the Medici.” For a Shakespeare Anniversary, an Online Re-Creation of a 1796 Show 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The dealer, Giacomo Medici, was convicted by a Rome court of conspiracy to traffic in antiquities in 2004 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Ex-Getty curator trafficking trial ends in Italy 2010-10-13T19:57:00Z It was a gift from the Viceroy of Egypt to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, not from the Sultan of Egypt to Lorenzo de’ Medici. Amid an Anti-Muslim Mood, a Museum Appeals for Understanding 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z “He nurtured the idea of Florence as the intellectual powerhouse of the Renaissance and the Medici as the key players.” Talking Across the Centuries to the Medici Family 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z That idea echoes a theme of the Met’s exhibition of Medici portraits last year, and it’s hardly surprising. In the Lives of the Tudors, Hints of the Present-Day Monarchy 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Tornabuoni was one of the two agents who negotiated the group on behalf of Lorenzo de Medici, the passionate collector and patron of the arts who ruled Florence. When Roman Statues Play Pranks 2010-06-18T15:00:00Z Bronzino returned to Florence in 1532, just as Michelangelo, in partial protest at the Medicis' seizure of power, was moving permanently to Rome. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z Persecution is a given: Lorenzo de Medici is corrupt and vindictive, and Girolamo Savonarola claims it is the will of the plague-ravaged people that homosexuals be burned in public. Review | Sex, politics and art painted in broad strokes in ‘Botticelli in the Fire’ 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Erected in the late 16-century by the Medici family that then ruled over Florence, Forte di Belvedere just reopened to the public after being closed for renovations for the past five years. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian to Wed in Florence 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z “Conservation was born here in Florence,” Mr. Ciatti said, citing Medici documents listing payments to restorers. After the Florence Flood: Saving Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z From the few illustrations they offer, I’m not persuaded, despite an impressive portrait of a moody, unshaven Lorenzo de Medici. For the juiciest gossip on Renaissance artists, listen to Giorgio Vasari 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z “It’s hard to understand how they managed it. I mean, Capri is an island,” said Giovanni Medici, a spokesman for Carpi regional government. 9 of the most epic GPS failures 2014-02-19T13:45:00Z Sandro Botticelli was in many ways the artist who became most closely identified with the Medicis and their image. Special Report: The New Art Season: The Renaissance Flowers Again 2011-09-07T10:30:06Z In a life lived across most of the 16th century, Catherine de' Medici was Queen of France, the mother of three kings and two queens, and the mother-in-law of Mary, Queen of Scots. Who was Catherine de’ Medici? "The Serpent Queen" gives us a clever, powerful and dangerous woman 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Goldstone, the author of books about Catherine de Medici and Mary, Queen of Scots, is drawn to female royals who defy “tradition and stereotype,” and on that count her new subjects have much to offer. Fighting Fake News and Salacious Rumors at Versailles 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The Medicis surrounded themselves with major figures in the arts: painters like Fra Angelico, Botticelli and Raphael; sculptors like Michelangelo; goldsmiths like Benvenuto Cellini; as well as musicians, poets and thinkers. Treasures of the Medicis on Display in Paris 2010-09-21T10:00:00Z And as the traditional record industry crumbles, plenty of musicians are welcoming these new rock ’n’ roll Medici. Arts & Leisure Preview: Looking to a Sneaker For a Band?s Big Break 2010-10-06T17:01:00Z It’s a 16th-century castle that belonged to the Medici family before eventually becoming the French Academy. | Away She Goes 2014-03-14T13:28:54Z Here its roots are traced to the House of Medici; a family famed in Florence for its political grip and production of popes. Bologna's new ice-cream museum charts history of the Italian treat 2012-09-26T11:48:00Z For the munificent Medicis, he was the artist on call, even unto death: Verrocchio designed their lavish tombs for the family church. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The dukes were avid for art, seeing it – as the Medici did in Italy – as an outward manifestation not just of immense wealth, but of their culture and learning. Glory be to Gossaert 2011-02-22T15:05:42Z Broad’s influence on the arts there was so pervasive that people described him as that city’s Lorenzo de’ Medici. Perspective | Eli Broad’s deep generosity also revealed the downside of American-style cultural philanthropy 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “He is our own Medici, our patron; he does well for a town where not everyone is doing well,” said Barbara Thaeder, who runs Bailey’s Mills Bed and Breakfast. Wall Street Dealmaker Says Professor Took Him for a Ride 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Personal contributions — whether from the Medicis, village parishioners or passers-by who toss money into a busker’s hat — have always been the primary way artists have supported their work. Kickstarter and Artspire as Models of Arts Financing 2012-03-17T00:32:03Z There’s palace and religious intrigue–built mainly on conflict between the Florentine Medicis, Leonardo’s patrons, and the Vatican–but nowhere near the political complexity or philosophical ambitions of a Game of Thrones. TV Weekend: Da Vinci’s Demons 2013-04-12T12:00:28Z It all kicks off in Florence when the Pazzi conspiracy to seize power from the House of Medici starts rolling. TV highlights 14/06/2013 2013-06-14T06:28:43Z The Medici bust is made of fired clay that was then painted, producing an almost oily approximation of human skin, similar in appearance and general creepiness to a wax sculpture. Dozens of priceless Della Robbia sculptures on view at National Gallery 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The Medici palace in Florence housed a bounty of of ancient jewelry, precious stones, Oriental rarities, classical fragments, ancient manuscripts and masterpieces of Renaissance and post-Renaissance painting. Treasures of the Medicis on Display in Paris 2010-09-21T10:00:00Z “It was like working with the Medicis,” Campion said. Ari Wegner: The other woman behind ‘The Power of the Dog’ 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z A significant older sculptor, Bertoldo was also curator of an antiquities collection that Lorenzo de’ Medici had amassed to enhance the social status of his family. Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z But while the Medicis did not have to go far to find Florentine portraitists, the Tudors did not let distance stand in their way. In the Lives of the Tudors, Hints of the Present-Day Monarchy 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Like a Medici prince of old, sitting in the middle of a long table, the elegant Italian would hold court and pronounce on anything and everything that vexed or pleased him. Christmas provides food for thought at Ferrari 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The famous and powerful family that once controlled Florence provides the big name in “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570,” a large exhibition about to open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Talking Across the Centuries to the Medici Family 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Cut from the famous gem mines in the Indian city of Golconda, the diamond made its way through four royal European families and once belonged to Queen Marie de Medici of France. Sotheby's to sell 400-year-old diamond 2012-04-23T17:39:18Z The Medicis were more accustomed to sitting atop Florence’s food chain. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The Medicis were the most successful bankers, and reaction to their dominance led more than once to their expulsion from Florence before their dynasty came to rule the city and Tuscany as Grand Dukes. Special Report: The New Art Season: The Renaissance Flowers Again 2011-09-07T10:30:06Z He was the son of a Florentine lawyer born under Medici rule who became secretary to two of the key bodies governing the republic after the Medici had been thrown out. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Philanthropists are not merely generous; they are “the new Medicis.” Sucking up has always been part of Washington culture. In the Trump era, it’s a sport. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z There are no other works carrying his name, and none of the other known works of the Medici commission carry the name of their founders. Is It a ‘5’ or a ‘6’? The Answer Could Make an Art Fortune 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The Medici were not a dynasty of royal blood, but she nonetheless became queen of France, served as regent for her husband and was governess and advisor to her sons. Who was Catherine de’ Medici? "The Serpent Queen" gives us a clever, powerful and dangerous woman 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z In “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570,” a sumptuous, vigorous exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, we join the family in its final hurrah of civic brilliance. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z The pleasure-loving Medici prince simply did not possess the moral stature to face down the upright Luther, and his pronouncements carried little weight. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Machiavelli wanted to be but found himself on the wrong side of the byzantine politics of the Medicis. Treasures of the Medicis on Display in Paris 2010-09-21T10:00:00Z Mr. Lindheim, also 27, is the real estate expansion manager at the Medici Living Group, a co-living operator, in New York. Camille Roberts, Jaryd Lindheim 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The pandemic that you Medicis endured was more devastating — by some estimates, the plague killed 25 million people, a third of the population in 14th-century Europe. Talking Across the Centuries to the Medici Family 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z And in the process, Catherine de' Medici is again diminished. Who was Catherine de’ Medici? "The Serpent Queen" gives us a clever, powerful and dangerous woman 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Accounts of one reception for a Medici bride tell of singers and instrumentalists, masked and costumed, descending on cloud machines to present a spectacular tableau vivant. Mass in 40 Parts: a masterpiece, 400 years late 2011-03-03T22:30:01Z The cast and crew shot in Rome’s botanical garden and Villa Medici and used other villas around Rome for scenes set in Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence outside Rome. In HBO’s ‘The Young Pope,’ the Vatican Gets an Eccentric New Resident 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Rudigier hypothesizes in this journal and a new book that the Venus was probably one of a group of bronzes known to have been commissioned by the Medicis for King Henry IV of France. Is It a ‘5’ or a ‘6’? The Answer Could Make an Art Fortune 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z But then, when car companies like Lotus are your Medicis, everything’s material. Up Close: Richard Phillips, the Painter, in His Best Role: Himself 2011-12-01T20:28:01Z It was a pricey job — even for the Medicis, bronze casting was a lavish expense. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The court of Catherine de’ Medici will also visit North America for the very first time. Art Fall Preview: Over 100 Not-to-Miss Shows From East Coast to West 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The Medici persevered through exile, popular uprisings, war with neighboring city states, chronic street fighting, a spasm of violent religious fundamentalism, bouts of the plague and a devastating siege. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z While Florence’s interaction with the Muslim world originated in the Middle Ages, it escalated under the Medici family, who controlled the city between the 15th and the early 18th centuries. Amid an Anti-Muslim Mood, a Museum Appeals for Understanding 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Before long he becomes embroiled in the conflict between the de' Medici and Savonarola factions and is even recruited as a spy. David by Mary Hoffman ? review 2011-07-29T21:55:01Z Some of the wings are named after the accused traffickers whose items were seized — Kapoor, Wiener, Medici. Looking for a Stolen Idol? Visit the Museum of the Manhattan D.A. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z But he acknowledged that Hecht often purchased items from Medici, the dealer who had Polaroids that showed parts of the kylix. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Now Mr. Echols, who may love heavy metal but cites a Medici as a role model, is a free man with his own celebrity aura. Books of The Times: “Life After Death,” by Damien Echols 2012-09-19T21:18:19Z And, in the 16th century, when European aristocrats adopted the heels favoured by Catherine de Medici, they were outraged when commoners began to wear them too. High heels and their perennial appeal: why pain seems a small price to pay 2012-07-21T14:48:19Z For the Medici streams, he said, Carnegie pays to put on the concerts, while Medici produces and distributes the webcasts. On the Infield or Onstage, a Diva Is but a Click Away 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Bronzino, who was appointed court painter to Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, and belonged to the inner circle of the artists surrounding him, was showered with commissions. Review: A Florentine Artist's Two Aesthetic Lives 2010-02-19T13:15:00Z But piece by piece, a portrait began to load of Lucrezia de’ Medici, who was married to the Duke of Ferrara when she was a teenager in the mid-16th century. Maggie O’Farrell Looks for Stories Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z What he decided was to become his son’s Lorenzo de’ Medici, supporting Kenny Jr. financially and allowing him to turn prime Southern California real estate into “a canvas.” House Proud: Pink Robots at the Gate 2013-08-21T22:22:38Z Iris grew up in the Villa Medici, in Fiesole, above Florence. Not a Moment Too Soon: Iris Origo’s War Diary 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall offers hundreds of videos of performances by one of the world’s great orchestras, and Medici.TV has a growing archive of major classical performances from around the world. Gift Ideas for Classical Music Fans 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z But when, after a brutal siege, the Medici returned to power, the painting stayed in the artist’s studio. Review: A Renaissance Painter, Andrea del Sarto, Striving for Perfection 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Their lives were organised by Clement VII, a Medici pope. A dark duke 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Since the influence of the Medici, the arts have been uncomfortably beholden to the powerful, no matter the political leanings of benefactors. Gustavo Dudamel and Valery Gergiev Face National Issues 2014-04-03T12:00:01Z Among the most coveted clients for auction houses and galleries are so-called "Medici"-style buyers who acquire art across different periods and genres. London art bonanza looks to past to bolster future 2012-10-09T13:46:00Z In an interview, Medici said he could not recall the kylix and disputed the contention that the Polaroids constituted evidence that the depicted fragments had passed through his hands. The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The walls and ceiling bear the coats of arms of Henri II and his wife, Catherine de Medici. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Cosimo de’ Medici, whose power stemmed from his great wealth as a banker, collected rare texts, hand copying manuscripts himself for a private collection. A Literary Tour of Italy’s Libraries 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z And paintings now could be copied and sent throughout Italy and Europe, propagandizing for Cosimo I, the Medici and Florence all at once. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z The investigation began in the 1990s, when a raid on two Swiss warehouses used by Mr. Hecht and one of his so-called conspirators, an Italian dealer name Giacomo Medici, turned up photographs of dirt-encrusted artifacts. Robert Hecht, Antiquities Dealer, Dies at 92 2012-02-10T04:21:17Z From the Medici family and Ludwig of Bavaria to Andrew Carnegie and David H. Koch, classical music, like other performing arts, has long depended on the 1 percent. Critic's Notebook: Balcony Seats Can Help Economic Inequalities in Arts 2011-12-29T18:00:01Z Giulio de' Medici famously carried a banner painted by Botticelli at a joust that was rumored to depict Simonetta, and many Botticelli works are also thought to feature her likeness. A Pre-Raphaelite Painting is on the block at Bonhams 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z According to Dal Poggetto’s theory, Michelangelo hid in the tiny space from “the wrath of Pope Clement VII” for supporting a short-lived republic that overthrew the Medicis, sketching studies for some of his projects. Visitors will be allowed in Florence chapel’s secret room to ponder if drawings are Michelangelo’s 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Vasari, who is regarded as the first art historian, was born in the central region of Tuscany, where he served the Italian banking family and political dynasty the Medici, in Florence. Stolen 16th century Vasari letter returned to its Italian home 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z He also appeared as a guest star or in recurring roles on TV series including “24,” “Medici,” “Smallville,” “Dexter,” “Gotham” and “Elementary.” Actor Julian Sands died while hiking on California mountain, authorities confirm 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The dome was completed in 1413, crowning both his fame as an architect and the Medici’s role as the greatest patrons of Renaissance art and architecture at the time. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z There are seven more performances through April 16, and the April 7 show will be streamed in France and aired later on Medici and Mezzo. Renée Fleming stars as `Nixon in China’ arrives in Paris 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z They include sketches believed to be the legs of Giuliano de’ Medici, as included in the New Sacristy near the secret room’s entrance. Visitors will be allowed in Florence chapel’s secret room to ponder if drawings are Michelangelo’s 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z “Medici” in 1971 became a time capsule for the era — with five young men, their hand flowing and bell bottoms swaying, leaning on a barricade. Franz Gertsch, master of photorealism painting, dies at 92 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The same questions arose with other recent shows about the construction of power, including an exhibition of Holbein portraits at the Getty and the Met’s survey of Medici portraits, both in 2021. Perspective | Learning an old lesson from the Tudors: Grifters gonna grift 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z While Marie de Medici eventually stepped down as regent, Richelieu joined the king as his chief minister in 1628 and continued to play the key role in shaping the French state. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Brazil’s and Pelé’s third World Cup title came when Medici was torturing adversaries, had closed congress and had put a gag on the nation’s top court. Pelé, who died at 82, was a sports star and cultural icon 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Catherine de’ Medici, the 16th century ruler of France, did the unthinkable for her time: She rose to power in a man’s world. The 10 best TV shows (and three best dance sequences) of 2022 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Mr. de Medici arrived in the United States in 1954 as a university student in the Fulbright scholars program, an initiative championed by U.S. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “Was he an exception to the rules or was it more commonplace at the time than we know?” said Piergabriele Mancuso of the Medici Archive Project. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Unfortunately for him, Machiavelli was caught up in the whirlwind of power politics at court and ended up being exiled by the Medici. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z A painter at the Medici court, Ostiglio’s existence was practically unknown until now. A New Focus on a Jewish Artist Who Broke Barriers in Medici-Era Florence 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z While in Florence, Gentileschi also won commissions from the Medici family. Artemisia Gentileschi’s 1616 nude to be digitally unveiled 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Mr. de Medici went on to spend nearly his entire career as an interpreter of American life for Italian readers, principally as a Washington-based foreign correspondent for Il Tempo, a center-right newspaper headquartered in Rome. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z His most ill-advised fight was the one he picked with General Emilio Garrastazu Medici, the president of Brazil's military regime, who did not take favourably to being told to stay out of national team affairs. How Pele cemented his legend at 1970 World Cup 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Portrait of a young Cosimo de Medici, who would become the de facto ruler of Florence in the fifteenth century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “The academy represented the highest level of institutional art and of the Medici, so being a member was extremely important,” said Giulio Busi, a professor of Jewish studies at the University of Berlin. A New Focus on a Jewish Artist Who Broke Barriers in Medici-Era Florence 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Its Hanover Square entrance leads into Medici Courtyard which will become the first public courtyard to open in Mayfair for more than a century, TfL said. Bond Street station finally opens on Elizabeth Line 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. de Medici took occasional detours from his Washington assignment to cover world affairs, including coups in Latin America. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Alessandro de’ Medici was the first biracial leader in the modern Western world and the duke of Florence in the early 15th century. The Monumental Work and Life of Barbara Chase-Riboud 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Rising from obscurity from a resolutely non-noble background, the Medici eventually became the official bankers to the papacy, acquiring vast wealth as a result. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Who was Lucrezia de’ Medici and what drew you to telling her story? Maggie O’Farrell on ‘The Marriage Portrait’: A look at scandal, history and the future 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The station's Hanover Square entrance leads into Medici Courtyard which will become the first public courtyard to open in Mayfair for more than a century, TfL said. Elizabeth line: Bond Street station gets opening date 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z But Mr. de Medici took pride in his role as not only a scribe but also an analyst of democracy. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “The Marriage Portrait” exhumes a similarly fated youngster: Lucrezia, the daughter of Cosimo I de’ Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Review | In Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘The Marriage Portrait,’ matrimony leads to death 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z At the height of Medici, and Florentine, power in the second half of the fifteenth century, Florence was unquestionably the leading city in all of Italy in terms of art and scholarship. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z How do you feel knowing that your novels may play a significant part in the way that figures like Hamnet Shakespeare and Lucrezia de’ Medici are understood by future generations? Maggie O’Farrell on ‘The Marriage Portrait’: A look at scandal, history and the future 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Lucrezia di Medici, young and beautiful, sits for her marriage portrait, contemplating the twists of fate that have brought her into a luxurious, corrupt court. 30 books we can't wait for this fall 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z He claimed no ties to the Florentine dynasty whose name he shared, although he once reputedly pulled off the sale of a property in the United States by passing as a Medici prince. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Soon it was so prized that Renaissance guilds mandated that it be made only with local wool, and a Medici grand duke forbade its sales outside the valley where it was produced. Can an Iconic Italian Wool Survive a Changing Economy? 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The Council clinched the Medici as the family of Florence for the next generation, with Cosimo being described by a contemporary as a “king in all but name.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The city’s artists and its famous patrons — above all the House of Medici — wanted a new style to distinguish Florence from Milan, where the French-influenced forms of International Gothic prevailed. Review | Donatello gets the Michelangelo treatment in Florence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z A Times critic called him “the mercurial Medici of Los Angeles art.” Getty, Bradbury, Marmont, Lummis: The people behind the famous L.A. buildings 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Many Italians perceive Americans as ignorant of history, a reputation that Mr. de Medici’s real estate agents confirmed when they referred to him as “de Medicini.” Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z That “first nude statue of the Renaissance,” was made around 1440 for the Medici, and if you’re expecting Michelangelo’s heroic figure, you will find Donatello’s David slight, frail, adolescent. Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’ 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Here, the Medici of Florence are the ultimate example: there was a tremendous effort on the part of the rich and powerful to invest in the city in the form of building projects and art. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Medici analogy has something to it. How the ‘Homeless Billionaire’ Became a Philosopher King 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Artists have a long history of patrons — see: the Medicis — and right now, many use Patreon and Kickstarter to make ends meet. Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr. de Medici was working for the Rome-based newspaper Il Messaggero when he was awarded his Fulbright scholarship to study in the United States. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The Medici family bank had branch offices throughout Italy and in the major cities of Europe. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The “Medici” and “25th Hour” actor received a standing ovation and raucous applause for his speech. 'Succession' star Brian Cox lauds Ukraine, slams Russia censorship at SAG Awards 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Take, for instance, the Cozimo de Medici Twitter account, which has just shy of 200,000 followers as of this writing. Justin Bieber’s NFT ape sure looks like monkey business 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Catherine de’ Medici used the method in 1570 — a time she governed France while her ill son, King Charles IX, sat on its throne. How European Royals Once Shared Their Most Important Secrets 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Mr. de Medici’s father was a noncommissioned officer in the Italian navy, and his mother was a homemaker. Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Cosimo de Medici was the wealthiest European of his time. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She pleaded with a local commander to help her secure an audience with President Medici, who was soon to visit the state capital, Belo Horizonte. The beauty queen who beat a military dictatorship & made football history 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z And then America’s stoner uncle, Snoop, tweeted from his own account that he was Cozimo de Medici, a claim that may or may not be true. Justin Bieber’s NFT ape sure looks like monkey business 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z It’s like Medici or Borgia for the 21st century,’” Scott says, recalling the first time he laid eyes on Sara Gay Forden’s 2000 book of the same name chronicling the tragedy. With 'Gucci' and 'Last Duel' already out, Ridley Scott is moving on to his next film 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Italy’s acquisitive Medici dynasty acquired it a few decades after the codex was completed. Review: The conquered rather than the conquerors are given the stage in LACMA's two new 'Mixpantli' exhibits 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Cosimo de Medici died in 1464, but his family continued to control Florence. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "Medici looked at me and said he'd like me to meet him at the presidential palace in Brasilia in a couple of days," Campos says. The beauty queen who beat a military dictatorship & made football history 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Just for funsies, let’s assume the de Medici account is not Snoop. Justin Bieber’s NFT ape sure looks like monkey business 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z And Keefe has written that the art scholar Thomas Lawton once likened Arthur, the eldest Sackler brother, to “a modern Medici.” Met Museum Removes Sackler Name From Wing Over Opioid Ties 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “Netflix is not what I would have wanted historically, but they’re a little like the Medicis of our time,” the filmmaker continues. Jane Campion explains her enigmatic career choices: 'I’m careful about the bones I care to chew on' 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z As the Medici attended Mass, assassins murdered Giuliano at the altar. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Campos duly flew to Brasilia and was received by Medici for lunch. The beauty queen who beat a military dictatorship & made football history 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z One of the most prolific traders in looted antiquities, Giacomo Medici, who operated from the 1960s into the 1990s, was convicted of using anonymous shell companies to launder stolen antiquities. Global hunt for looted cultural treasures leads to offshore trusts 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z As Cosimo de' Medici remarked, "We are nowhere commanded to forgive our friends." America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The person behind the Medici account has been talking about releasing their personal details for at least a few days now, even running a poll inviting people to guess at their true identity. So Snoop Dogg just claimed to be a prominent NFT booster 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Eventually the Medici family made their library available to the public. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "One of Medici's sons followed my career very closely and even had a scrapbook with pictures and newspaper articles about me," she says. The beauty queen who beat a military dictatorship & made football history 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Palmer Associates is owned in turn by Palmer, a businessman known for developing beige apartment blocks in and around downtown Los Angeles with Mediterranean features and Italian names — Medici, Lorenzo, Piero. Landlord sues L.A. for $100 million, saying anti-eviction law caused 'astronomical' losses 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z He survived; but then a month later, another shark fatally wounded college student Arthur Medici. In Cape Cod, new efforts to coexist with sharks 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Image: Warner Records While the Medici account is relatively new, only being created last month, it’s still managed to gain some notoriety, having been mentioned in a story by crypto outlet The Block. So Snoop Dogg just claimed to be a prominent NFT booster 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Michelangelo’s marbles in the Medici Chapel were looking dingy, so a team of art restorers decided to smear some bacteria on the situation. Bacteria get a fresh gig as art restorers in Italy 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps that was the reason behind Medici agreeing to pull rank on Havelange. The beauty queen who beat a military dictatorship & made football history 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z She lived for a time in Florence where she was supported by the Medici family and experienced notable personal success. Getty acquires a major painting by a 17th-century feminist heroine. How you can see it 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Doyle points down the shore: a small, inconspicuous cross commemorating Medici teeters at the edge of a dune. In Cape Cod, new efforts to coexist with sharks 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Well, of course I went and snooped on their OpenSea account, and I found some things that would be pretty amusing if Medici turns out to actually be Snoop. So Snoop Dogg just claimed to be a prominent NFT booster 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z “I have always loved the idea that patrons like Cosimo de’ Medici invested in work that they knew they would never see in their lifetime,” she says. A Provençal Estate That Is a Home and a Gallery 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Eskenazi told me that he abhorred the behavior of dealers like Medici, and that he had always done due diligence to ensure that the antiquities that he sold were not stolen. How One Looted Artifact Tells the Story of Modern Afghanistan 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z This may be a portrait of a key member of the Medici family, the wealthiest bankers in medieval Europe and semi-official rulers of 15th and 16th century Florence. The $80m Botticelli: could its auction trigger a Covid-rescue fire sale? 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Medici's death was the first shark fatality in Massachusetts since 1936. In Cape Cod, new efforts to coexist with sharks 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z There is, of course, the possibility that this is a troll on Snoop Dogg’s part, or that Medici and Snoop coordinated this and the real Medici’s identity is still unknown. So Snoop Dogg just claimed to be a prominent NFT booster 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Some scholars believe he is associated with the ruling House of Medici or another powerful family in Florence. Portrait by Renaissance master expected to soar past $80M 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The Wellfleet Select Board recently voted unanimously to install the bench in memory of Arthur Medici, 26, at Newcomb Hollow Beach, the Cape Cod Times reports. Town approves memorial bench for shark attack victim 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Like a latter-day Medici, Mr. Arnett began to pay them a weekly stipend, typically $200, with the agreement that they would come to him first with their new works. Bill Arnett, who collected and promoted Black vernacular art, dies at 81 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Natalie Chwalisz is a research fellow at Medici Road, a community development corporation that helps organizations, government agencies and corporations with programs and products. Opinion | The Federal Bureau of Prisons response to the coronavirus has been disastrous and deadly 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Dispute: Following the ouster of the Medicis from Florence, Machiavelli enjoyed nearly two decades of political influence. Rulers vs. writers: The pre-Trump pre-history of author suppression 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z According to reports, Shatner and Martin split up their four horses, with the actor scoring Renaissance Man's Medici and Powder River Shirley, while Martin got to keep Belle Reve's So Photogenic and Pebbles. William Shatner reflects on his divorce from fourth wife: 'Nothing makes me sad at this age' 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The bench installation is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 15, the two-year anniversary of Medici’s death. Town approves memorial bench for shark attack victim 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z In 1610, against his friends’ advice and in pursuit of more money, Galileo left the protective environment of Padua and moved to Florence to work for Cosimo II de’ Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Galileo’s story is always relevant 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z The “Medici” rule and all others drool in 15th-century Florence in a third and final season of this historical drama. What’s on TV This Week: 'Penny Dreadful: City of Angels' 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z He later went on to write his famous realpolitik primer, “The Prince,” dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici with an obsequiousness now considered to have been just a little tongue-in-cheek. Rulers vs. writers: The pre-Trump pre-history of author suppression 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z According to reports, Shatner and Martin split up their four horses, with the actor scoring Renaissance Man's Medici and Powder River Shirley, while Martin will get Belle Reve's So Photogenic and Pebbles. William Shatner awarded horse semen in his divorce settlement 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s unclear whether the Medici family will be able to attend. Town approves memorial bench for shark attack victim 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z The Wrights became known as “the Medicis of Seattle,” especially renowned for their marvelous art collection. Virginia Wright, art collector and philanthropist who changed Seattle’s cultural landscape, dies at 91 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Art has always depended on wealthy patrons; see the Medicis, Frick and Morgan. Opinion | How the Superrich Took Over the Museum World 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z I think there’s no doubt that the bitter, half-remembered residue of that sentiment fuels Republican intransigence today, when the president they must defend makes Nixon look like Lorenzo de’ Medici. Impeachment and the Democrats: How will they screw this up? Let me count the ways 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z “Sometimes I felt like the Medici,” Mr. Pleskow once said, referring to the Florentine political dynasty that lorded over a flourishing Italian art scene. Eric Pleskow, Jewish refugee who led two movie studios, dies at 95 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Her academic focus on 17th century French and Italian art culminated in her 1982 book, “The Art Patronage of Maria de’ Medici.” Deborah Marrow, longtime Getty Foundation director and arts funder, dies 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Through an entity inside Overstock called Medici Ventures, Mr. Byrne and his team began to invest in a number of blockchain companies. Patrick Byrne, Overstock C.E.O., Resigns After Disclosing Romance With Russian Agent 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Nearly a year ago, in September, a 26-year-old man named Arthur Medici died after he was bitten by a great white shark while boogie boarding on a beach in the Outer Cape town of Wellfleet. ‘Shark!’: Cape Cod Recoils in a Summer of Great White Sightings, Real and Imagined 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Machiavelli is “Tupac’s guy”, Michelangelo is “the Michael Jackson of the Renaissance”, as well as being a “street artist” for his wall drawings in the Medici tombs. Hip-hop horseman: Fab 5 Freddy gallops through Renaissance art 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z It is a little less than two miles north of here at Wellfleet’s Newcomb Hollow Beach that 26-year-old Arthur Medici was attacked and killed by a great white while boogie boarding last September. Echoes of Jaws as Cape Cod learns to live with rise of the great white shark 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z But the neighboring bookstores on the Rue de Medicis present a striking juxtaposition. Two Parisian bookstores, side by side, are waging a culture war 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z “I’d definitely be cautious,” she said, while her family paused at an informal memorial to Medici set up at the top of the sandy path down to the beach. After shark attacks, is Cape Cod ready for tourist season? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Lanctot was on the beach last year when Mr. Medici was attacked. ‘Shark!’: Cape Cod Recoils in a Summer of Great White Sightings, Real and Imagined 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad has been compared to Lorenzo de’ Medici, a patron without peer who has played major roles at arts institutions throughout Los Angeles. Eli Broad: The man who transformed Grand Avenue 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Previous generations of the super rich – from the Medicis to industrialists, from the Guggenheims to Hollywood moguls – have been major patrons of the arts. Let me into your home: artist Lauren McCarthy on becoming Alexa for a day 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Next door — at No. 9 Rue de Medicis — is the Red Wheelbarrow, an Anglophone bookshop named after a line from a William Carlos Williams poem. Two Parisian bookstores, side by side, are waging a culture war 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z There was even a houseparty of Whartons, Jameses, and other select souls at the grandiose Villa Medici outside Florence. Dearest Edith 1929-02-23T05:00:00Z It’s strangely appropriate that after “merging” Dreamland with the Medici Bros. Disney’s new Dumbo is a garish CGI mess 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z DeVito will play ringmaster Max Medici in the new film, based on the Disney classic animated film. Danny Devito 'fine' after nasty fall on stage while promoting new movie 'Dumbo' 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z One look married 80s disco queen with a Medici princess, with a pastel silver lame gown descending over a pant-skirt ensemble in dark sienna that curved round in a Renaissance style. Elie Saab banishes gray skies, channels ‘70s in Paris 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z “Bodyguard’s” Richard Madden is back as a man called Cosimo is Season 2 of the opulent period drama “Medici: Masters of Florence.” TV This Week, Jan. 20-26: ‘Broad City’ on Comedy Central, the Kingdom Day Parade and more 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The art scholar Thomas Lawton once likened the eldest brother, Arthur, to “a modern Medici.” The Family That Built an Empire of Pain 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z On Sept. 15, 26-year-old Revere resident Arthur Medici was attacked by a shark while boogie boarding off of a beach in Wellfleet. In the land of Jaws, a real-life shark debate 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z On another occasion he put the same point, pithily but grandiosely, like this: “I’m the Medici to my own Leonardo.” 'Disneyland for adults': John Portman's dizzying interior legacy 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Perhaps not every family history will change the political, economic and cultural fortunes of a city-state, like the Borgias or the Medicis did, but every family history is of significance to those connected to it. Am I too young to write my autobiography? No way! | Chibundu Onuzo 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Arthur Medici of Revere died Sept. 15 after being bitten by a shark while boogie-boarding off Newcomb Hollow Beach. Cape Cod town searches for answers after fatal shark bite 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Medici, born in Vitoria, Brazil, was bitten by a shark Saturday while boogie boarding off Wellfleet and later died at a hospital. Funeral services planned for victim of Cape Cod shark attack 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The aunt says Arthur Medici was “handsome outside, inside, joyful,” and the house was always full of his laughter. Aunt begged shark attack victim not to go to Cape Cod 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Arthur Medici of Revere, Mass., was bitten by a shark Saturday while boogie boarding off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet and later died at a hospital. National Digest: Mass. man killed in shark attack loved surfing, was engaged 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Arthur Medici, of Revere, Massachusetts, was bitten by a shark Saturday while boogie boarding off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet and later died at a hospital. Shark attack victim was engineering student, outdoorsman 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z The man, identified by Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Tara Miltimore as 26-year-old Arthur Medici of Revere, was attacked around noon off Newcomb Hollow Beach, police said. Arthur Medici dies in Cape Cod shark attack at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z For aficionados unable to make it to Amsterdam, Hamburg, Lyon, Chicago, Barcelona, or Madrid, it can be streamed, on Medici TV. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Carlo Medici, the company’s chief executive, says that there are several advantages to using MRI. Alzheimer’s disease is getting easier to spot 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z She counted European royalty and aristocracy among her patrons - including King Philip IV of Spain, the Medici family and the Grand Duke of Tuscany. National Gallery buys £3.6m masterpiece 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Bunker Hill Community College in Boston said in a statement that Medici was a part-time engineering student at the school last spring. Shark attack victim was engineering student, outdoorsman 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z It was named for the Medici Bank of Florence — a pioneer of the double entry bookkeeping that revolutionized money and banking in the Renaissance. From Furniture to Cryptocurrency — Overstock Is on a Journey 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In a mirroring of Norse legends, a mid-1300s Medici atlas showed an archipelago floating in the middle of the Atlantic. Where to Shop (and Eat) in São Miguel, Portugal 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z But The Battle of Anghiari was never finished, and it had been commissioned at a time when the ruling Medici family were ousted from Florence. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Like a modern-day House of Medici with added banter, they commissioned Santos to remake the sculpture to atone for his supposed sins. Now even worse: ridiculed bust of Cristiano Ronaldo gets a dreadful do-over | Eddy Frankel 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Friends told WCVB-TV that Medici moved to the U.S. from Brazil two years ago to attend college. Shark attack victim was engineering student, outdoorsman 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z "You hear about this type of thing with other cities not Austin," says Brittaney Parsons, sitting opposite Mr O'Brien at Caffe Medici in West Austin. Austin's self-belief shaken by bombings 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z In Medici Florence, fundamentalist Italian preacher Girolamo Savonarola circumvented the authority of popes and princes with the mass production of one-page pamphlets — the equivalent of today's tweets. The second Renaissance 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z When they returned, Duke Cosimo commissioned his architect, Giorgio Vasari, to renovate the room, increasing its size and to paint it with a new fresco cycle showing Medici military victories. Lost, stolen, blown up and fed to pigs: the greatest missing masterpieces 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Both were excavated by the same group of tomb raiders and sold to the same crooked antiques dealer, Giacomo Medici. The Met Python’s flying circus: A museum, a vase and the kingpin of stolen antiquities 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Daisy Medici, a managing director at GenSpring, a wealth management firm, says she encourages families that run businesses to develop voluntary governance policies. How to Make the Family Business Work Across the Generations 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The most popular of these annual gatherings was “David Horowitz’s Restoration Weekend,” which was often held at the Breakers in Palm Beach, a stunning hotel complex modeled on the Medici palaces of Renaissance Italy. How a ‘shadow’ universe of charities joined with political warriors to fuel Trump’s rise 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z He was soon one of the country’s richest individuals and most prominent art patrons, although he balks at being seen as a Medici. A Reclusive Millionaire’s Vast New Zealand Sculpture Park 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Just a year before he finished the first draft of his “little book”, the Medici swept into Florence in a foreign-backed coup after spending years in exile. Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The Medici family that ruled Florence was sent packing by the mob. Davos Elite Fret About Inequality Over Vintage Wine and Canapés 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “It’s not a legal document,” Ms. Medici said. How to Make the Family Business Work Across the Generations 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z At Medici, a restaurant with faux medieval decor that encourages customers to write graffiti, one section of wall has been framed behind glass: it is signed, “Malia Obama” with a heart. Chicago cheers adopted son Obama as he returns for farewell speech as president 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z He recalled a conversation with Gen. Emilio Medici, who told him, “You take care of your church and I will take care of the country.” Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, a pro-democracy voice in Latin America, dies at 95 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z If Machiavelli did send the Medici The Prince, which seems unlikely, he could not have expected them to take its “advice” – to bribe, swindle, and assassinate one’s way to power – as gifts of friendly wisdom. Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z It follows the influential Medici family as it turns its small business into a banking empire that helps fund the Italian Renaissance. Whether by design or neglect, here are three Netflix series you may have missed in the deluge: 'Paranoid,' 'The OA' and 'Medici: Masters of Florence' 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Medici, Isabella of Castile and several female Tudors wielded massive influence in the 16th century. 12 Books for the History Buffs on Your Holiday Gift List 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Also new: “Medici: Masters of Florence,” an Italian historical drama with Richard Madden and Dustin Hoffman, and “Four Seasons in Havana,” a crime drama from Cuba. Now streaming: ‘Secret Life of Pets,’ ‘Jason Bourne,’ ‘Fuller House’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z He actually wrote “The Prince” to curry favor with the Medici, but they spurned it. Donald Trump is the American Machiavelli 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Nor would it have helped his cause that he addresses the Medici as “princes” in his dedication, and insists on their remoteness from the people. Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z In that latter category is the 14th century drama “Medici: Masters of Florence,” which was released Dec. 9. Whether by design or neglect, here are three Netflix series you may have missed in the deluge: 'Paranoid,' 'The OA' and 'Medici: Masters of Florence' 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z “Crispin,” as a friend told me, “has the common touch of a Medici.” The man who brought you Brexit | Sam Knight 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The Florence museum’s sculptures were largely assembled by the famed Medici family between the 15th and 18th centuries. IU teams with Italian museum on sculpture digitizing project 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Around the time when those Medici were gilding everything in sight, there was the Great Moral Accountant in the sky. A Point of View: Can you tell if you've got too much money? - BBC News 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Just like modern dictators, the Medici were keen to keep up the fiction that they were mere “first citizens” in Florence’s republic, not monarchs or tyrants. Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z In fact, Chianti Classico is the oldest officially recognized wine region in the world; it was defined by the Medicis in the 18th century. Can Chianti Shed Its Dusty, Banal Image? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Maybe a sling would have helped: Decades later the Medicis reestablished their dominion over Florence, and Michelangelo would spend the last 30 years of his life in Rome. Ted Cruz’s top foreign policy adviser has written a book. It’s about art history. 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z “We’d no longer be able to put the right message in front of the right people,” Medici said. Political campaigns are infringing on your privacy, and they might be worse than retailers 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Last week I was working in the Pitti Place in Florence, home of the Medici family from the 16th to the 18th Century. A Point of View: Can you tell if you've got too much money? - BBC News 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The usual story is that he wrote The Prince as a job application, when he was seeking work as an adviser to Florence’s first family, the super-wealthy Medici. Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Some point to the 2012 acquisition of Medicis, primarily a North American dermatology company. Valeant: An Accounting Pioneer, Too 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z It is not hard, after all, to picture him conniving at the Congress of Vienna, or plotting murders in the Medici court. The Machiavelli of Maryland: adviser to presidents, prime ministers – and the Dalai Lama | Thomas Meaney 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z “Knowing the nuances of each voter beyond whether they lean right or left makes every difference,” said JC Medici, the firm’s national director of politics and advocacy. Political campaigns are infringing on your privacy, and they might be worse than retailers 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Inside the hall of Clement VII, as the office is called, a 16th-century fresco by Giorgio Vasari depicts the siege that put Florence back into the grips of the powerful Medici family. Florence seeks a better class of tourist to share its besieged medieval treasures 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Pope Leo X, a kingpin of the powerful Medici family—described by historian Roland Bainton as “elegant and indolent as a Persian cat”—embodied the problem. When Luther Shook Up Christianity 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z I played a few hours of Just Cause 3 earlier this month, including a couple of main missions and a decent amount of wandering around the game’s setting, a Mediterranean island nation called Medici. Just Cause 3: an apolitical game about destroying a dictatorship 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Yet soon after Lorenzo’s death, the Medici fortunes took a turn for the worse. Spiritual leader of a medieval city in crisis 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z She considered asking him to put on the straw hat that hangs alongside Van Gogh’s denims in the painting’s background and on the Medici Gallery’s north wall, but settled for snapping a picture. UNL art students convert Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Bedroom’ 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z He is often dubbed the "Saatchi of the north", although he prefers the "Manchester Medici" - the city's answer to Florence's Renaissance art patrons, perhaps. Art collector Frank Cohen on how to buy art - BBC News 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z It highlights the prolific work of an artist collected by the Medici family and other royalty and whose peers included Michelangelo and Raphael. NYC exhibition features work of Italian Renaissance artist 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Medici is apparently Rico’s home country, and as in previous games, he’s stopped by to depose a megalomaniac dictator, a man with a seemingly infinite defense budget and a penchant for massive stone effigies. Just Cause 3: an apolitical game about destroying a dictatorship 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The book’s organization into 25 relatively brief chapters allows the story of Savonarola and the Medici to be told in short bursts of intrigue and with plenty of suspense. Spiritual leader of a medieval city in crisis 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The name Fugger does not loom nearly as large as Medici, Rockefeller, Carnegie or Gates in the history of the world’s wealthiest people, the titans who marked their times. He remade capitalism, religion and history. You’ve probably never heard of him. 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z So is the "The Medici Riccardi Horse," a horse's head complete with flaring nostrils and a detailed mane. Huge exhibition of brilliant ancient bronze sculptures comes to LA's J. Paul Getty Museum 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z They included some objects smuggled by the infamous dealer Giacomo Medici, convicted in 2004 for selling thousands of stolen pieces of Greco-Roman art from Italy and the Mediterranean. Museums and looted art: the ethical dilemma of preserving world cultures 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z In Medici, the revolution is always just one more explosion away. Just Cause 3: an apolitical game about destroying a dictatorship 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The game itself takes place on the fictional island of Medici. 'Just Cause 3' To Set The World On Fire 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The Italianate garden and monastic herb garden added by Lorenza de' Medici is one of the glories of the Chianti region. Where to drink Chianti and eat foie gras terrine tonight 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Already an accomplished musical instrument maker, Cristofori moved from the Northern Italian city of Padua, then part of the Venetian Republic, to Florence in 1690 at the behest of the famed Medici family. New Google Doodle Honors Piano Creator Bartolomeo Cristofori 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z As the likes of the Kochs and Adelsons sponsor candidates the way Medicis patronized Renaissance artists, there’s a real chance voters, particularly in early primary states, will lose their traditional ability to shape the field. For the GOP, ‘one man, one vote’ becomes ‘one billionaire, one ballot’ 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z “While I make no immodest presumption that I can begin to match the Medicis, I want to do what I can.” LACMA’s 50 years on Miracle Mile 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z If you recognize the name, its because the House of Medici is responsible for one of the biggest banks in history, and funded Gallileo. 'Just Cause 3' To Set The World On Fire 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Stucchi, who is the son of prolific cookbook author and cooking teacher Lorenza de’ Medici, will be on hand to explain the wines and recount the history of the estate. Where to drink Chianti and eat foie gras terrine tonight 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The Cuomos trace their origins to Campania in southern Italy, but there was always a touch of the Tuscan Medici in both father and son. ‘The Contender’ is a biography of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Medici was convicted in 2004 of conspiracy to traffic antiquities and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Hunt for missing Pompeii artwork includes stop in Boise 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z “The Medicis particularly promoted the artistic output of their beloved city of Florence,” Lytton tells The Times. LACMA’s 50 years on Miracle Mile 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z I believe my role at Fractured Prune Doughnuts Arizona is a continuation and not a transition of my entrepreneurial career utilizing all that I’ve learned at Medicis. Career Change Through Entrepreneurship: Pharmaceutical Executive Enters The Doughnut Business 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Medici.TV features concert live streaming from ensembles around the world for a subscription fee. How Livestreaming Could Save Your Town's Orchestra 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z About the time that Medici’s financial fortunes took their final spiral dive into the Sea of Insolvency, Medici started gambling as a regular at the Venetian casino. Medici Gambles At The Venetian But It Is The Venetian Who Gets Played 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Kleiner, one historian of the era said, aspired to be to Silicon Valley what the Medicis were to Renaissance Florence and the House of Morgan was to the steel industry. Kleiner Perkins, Disrupted 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The study found that Hispanics are diagnosed with ALD between four and 10 years younger than whites and blacks, according to study author Valentina Medici, associate professor of internal medicine at UC Davis Health System. Hispanics May Develop Alcoholic Liver Disease Earlier 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z One of the many foundational learning lessons for me during my time at Medicis was how well we learned from each other. Career Change Through Entrepreneurship: Pharmaceutical Executive Enters The Doughnut Business 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Family dynasties dating as far back as the Medicis employed an objective professional, outside of the family, to present recommendations. If Money Talks, Why Don't We Talk About It? 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Medici was so deep in the financial hole that he couldn’t see daylight with the Hubble telescope, so the insolvency element was easy. Medici Gambles At The Venetian But It Is The Venetian Who Gets Played 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z A declining public sector, burdened by budget cuts, creates a vacuum for imaginative civic leadership that is being filled by a new class of Medicis. The Billionaires’ Park 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Critics here in Paris argue latter-day Medicis are merely showcasing their brands rather than supporting art. Industry Tycoons and The Battle for Culture 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z We operationalized Medicis like a big “Think Tank”, believing fundamentally that we hired the best and brightest of people. Career Change Through Entrepreneurship: Pharmaceutical Executive Enters The Doughnut Business 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z By eschewing product placement or branded content, American Express is following the example of other modern-day Medicis that underwrite documentary-style commercials on issues important to their businesses. A ‘Docu-Ad’ Looks at Hardship of Those Without Bank Access 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z From the viewpoint of Medici’s creditors, what did Medici get back? Medici Gambles At The Venetian But It Is The Venetian Who Gets Played 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z It was first owned by Egnazio Danti, a scholar and inventor who, after being dismissed from the Medici court, designed scientific instruments and lectured at the University of Bologna on geometry and astronomy. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘500 Years of Italian Master Drawings From the Princeton University Art Museum’ 2014-04-04T22:59:40Z The Burden house is wonderfully gushy French, with a high third-floor ballroom; the limestone Hammond house is severe, as imposing as a Medici palace. Streetscapes: The Grandest Block in New York 2014-03-21T20:59:02Z My time at Medicis was a great foundation for me. Career Change Through Entrepreneurship: Pharmaceutical Executive Enters The Doughnut Business 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z I was in the Palazzo Vecchio in the heart of old Florence, the former court of Cosimo de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany - banker, absolute ruler, patron of the arts. Me and my codpiece 2014-03-17T18:27:15Z Another association, the Villa Medici Condominiums in Jacksonville, Florida, decided to cancel its dog-waste removal service to save money and force errant residents to comply with community rules. Insight: Underfunded U.S. homeowner associations get heavy 2014-01-08T06:22:25Z “A modern Medici” is how Mark Green, the former public advocate, described him, reaching back to 15th-century Italy for any kind of precedent. Cost of Being Mayor? $650 Million, if He’s Rich 2013-12-30T02:49:39Z The book describes the efforts of Brazilian field scientist Pati Medici, who is on a mission to save the tapir. Science Scan: Saving the tapir, ‘nature’s shyest loners’; what makes food delicious 2013-09-02T22:31:33Z Had Medicis not been sold in December 2012, I would still be there. Career Change Through Entrepreneurship: Pharmaceutical Executive Enters The Doughnut Business 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Total revenue rose nearly 34 percent to $1.1 billion in the second quarter, boosted by contributions from skincare businesses such as Obagi Medical, which Valeant bought in March, and Medicis Pharma, bought last September. UPDATE 1-Canada's Valeant gains from new deals, raises 2013 outlook 2013-08-07T11:03:56Z In Rome, a Medici cardinal was elected Pope and as Florence went mad with joy, he and a number of others were released. Why getting sacked was good for Machiavelli 2013-08-04T00:48:35Z But the Medici family also taught us how to generate, fuel, and encourage creativity. 4 Strategies That Will Inspire Creativity 2013-07-30T17:01:55Z Indeed, despite the raft of insider trading going on at the firm, the Medicis trading was the only time the compliance department identified any suspected insider trading in the firm’s history, the government said. Common Sense: At SAC, Rules Compliance With an ‘Edge’ 2013-07-26T16:19:58Z A team of Italian researchers found evidence of the disease in the skeletons of nine 16th-century Medici children. Observatory: Rickets Plagued Children of the Medicis 2013-06-17T21:07:16Z Early subjects will include Dante, Brunelleschi, Lorenzo de' Medici, Henry VII and Anne Boleyn as well as many important papal portraits. Face recognition aids portrait project 2013-06-06T10:06:05Z His main expertise is in finance, an echo of the Medici family who, over the course of a couple of generations, turned financial might into political control in northern Italy. Ten of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters 2013-05-23T05:13:07Z The patronage of the Medicis left a lasting impression on both the artistic and corporate worlds. 4 Strategies That Will Inspire Creativity 2013-07-30T17:01:55Z The government said that the company was Medicis Inc., a health care company, and that SAC employees took a short position in the company’s shares, betting they would fall. Common Sense: At SAC, Rules Compliance With an ‘Edge’ 2013-07-26T16:19:58Z Rickets Plagued Children of the Medicis The rich are different from you and me, F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. Observatory: Rickets Plagued Children of the Medicis 2013-06-17T21:07:16Z A "Medici chair" designed by German designer Konstantin Grcic won the furniture category and a folding wheel won the transport category. British government website wins top UK design award 2013-04-17T16:06:05Z In Urquhart's backstory he has taught Renaissance Italian history prior to politics and is an expert on the Medicis and Machiavelli. Ten of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters 2013-05-23T05:13:07Z Upon his release, exiled to the Tuscan countryside, he resolved to write a primer on politics in hopes of gaining favor among the Medicis and obtaining a new government post. How Machiavelli Saved My Family 2013-04-06T02:28:25Z I’m not referring to the helicopter that whisked him away—an image so at odds with his richly venerable Renaissance appearance after he took the Medici vestments out of 16th-century mothballs. Incompetent, Insular, Intolerant 2013-03-08T09:45:00Z An exhibition on the Medici opened on 17 February at the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim, Germany, which is collaborating with the University of Florence in the project. Seven days: 15–21 February 2013 2013-02-20T18:20:23.670Z Set in 17th-century Florence, this novel explores desire and artistry through the figure of a brilliant sculptor who is commissioned by the Medici court to create a life-size Venus in wax. 2013: the year ahead in books 2013-01-04T22:55:02Z Look up Edward IV, the War of the Roses, and the Bank of Medici for example. The aughts: Should we be grateful for the Bush deficits? 2012-10-16T16:06:28Z But what the world’s modern Medicis really want to bankroll is new video games. Crowdfunding video games: Money to play with 2012-09-06T15:03:14Z The acquisition is subject to conditions that include approval by Medicis stockholders and expiration of any applicable regulatory waiting period. Valeant to Buy Medicis, Maker of Dermatology Drugs 2012-09-03T23:56:20Z Medicis said it will defend its intellectual property rights relating to the product. Medicis' skin drug gets generic threat from Actavis Mid Atlantic 2012-08-15T12:04:36Z He is not clear about the difference between Medici and Gucci. Gore Vidal: In quotes 2012-08-01T10:06:51Z Through patronage by the papacy in Rome, the Medici Bank flourished. The Greatest Startup Teams EVER: Part 2 2012-06-21T20:34:11Z Cosimo de Medici is a relentless galloper who could also figure at the finish of this marathon contest. Little Bridge can rule in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot 2012-06-18T16:36:55Z Valeant to Buy Medicis, Maker of Dermatology Drugs Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the largest publicly traded drug maker in Canada, agreed to buy Medicis Pharmaceutical on Monday for about $2.6 billion to expand in dermatological products. Valeant to Buy Medicis, Maker of Dermatology Drugs 2012-09-03T23:56:20Z Strolling under the oaks of the Villa Medici, Ingres would disentangle for his younger friend the confusion of impressions gathered in his wanderings among Rome's art treasures. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Sculptures, paintings, installations would grace every home and office of substance; artists from all over the world would flock to California, a Villa Medici for the 21st century. How California can pay its debt 2012-05-22T10:24:38Z His “Religio Medici,” “Hydrotaphia or Urn Burial,” and “The Garden of Cyrus,” have been my favourites for more than half a century. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z To his successor, Giovanni de’ Medici, who succeeded to the papal throne under the name of Leo X, the treatise is particularly addressed. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z Valeant said it would pay $44 in cash for each share of Medicis, 39 percent more than the stock’s Aug. 31 closing price. Valeant to Buy Medicis, Maker of Dermatology Drugs 2012-09-03T23:56:20Z His stables are comparable to those of the Medici’s. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z But it is not a temple, nor a place for assembly or for worship, nor even a lofty, vaulted place of burial, like the tombs of the Medici in Florence, or other royal mausoleums. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z She reminds one of Lucrezia Borgia, or Catherine de Medici—" "Why poisoners? Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z In 1533 his father married him to Catherine de’ Medici, from which match, as he said, Francis hoped to gain great advantage, even though it might be somewhat of a misalliance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Catharine de Medici smiled also, but at the same time shook her head. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z He was a flawless craftsman with the porphyry and marble walls of the Medici sarcophagus. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z "The Duke has gone forth, may it please your Majesty," said the woman, turning to the bed on which lay Catherine de Medici, sick in body and uneasy in mind. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z I suppose I must have been peculiarly susceptible to-day, for the faces of the Medici interested me exceedingly; they looked so noble and refined, so proud and so dignified. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Marie de' Medici, the sister of the Duchess Leonora of Mantua, wished to adorn her palace of the Luxembourg, in Paris, with great magnificence. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z It was no longer, however, the figure of Catherine de Medici that presented itself, but the homely person and somewhat unmeaning face of a good lady, dressed in the habit of a prioress. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z Francesco has turned up a score I wrote for the Medici, one I used to play. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z "My sufferings are of no moment," replied Catherine de Medici. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z It's like Night on the Medici tomb; all the power and passion are brooding inside it, pent up. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z A few months after the paintings were finished for Marie de' Medici, a great sorrow came to the Rubens mansion. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z "I have felt it, and I have understood it, cousin of Guise," replied Catharine de Medici. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z Afterward, when the marionettes were introduced into France by Catharine de Medicis, puppets were substituted for the players. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But to the guards which he demands," said Catherine de Medici, "he has a right, as Lieutenant-general of the kingdom; and why should you oppose him on a point where he is right? Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z Only the back, straight and slender, was visible, its white silk bodice leaving bare a neck that would not have degraded the Venus de Medici. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Hurt by such an unwarrantable opinion, Raphael gladly accepted an order from Cardinal Giuliano de' Medici for a "Transfiguration" for the Cathedral of Narbonne. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z He then turned once more to the King, who seemed to have heard what Catharine de Medici had to say, and having given his reply, sat in moody silence. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z His extraordinary application and talents soon recommended him to Ermina, librarian to the Cardinal de Medicis, and Marmi, the Grand Duke's librarian. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Habituated for more than twenty years to control all her feelings, and to repress every appearance of fear or agitation, Catherine de Medici was nevertheless on the present occasion completely overcome. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z Behind, in the choir, are the tombs of two Medici popes. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Fortunately, Rubens could not paint the sad future of Marie de' Medici. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z It was near mid-day when the gentleman who had been dispatched to Catharine de Medici again presented himself; and the Duke demanded, somewhat impatiently, what had detained him so long. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z One of the first cares of Sixtus was, to deprive the family of the Medicis of the situation of treasurer of the Holy See, in order to give it to that of the Pazzi. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z At that moment the eye of Catherine de Medici fell upon Charles of Montsoreau, and she beckoned him eagerly towards her. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z Shortly afterwards it passed into the hands of the Medici family, and was greatly enlarged by Cardinal Alessandro de Medici, afterwards Leo XI. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Lodovico received a vacant post in the customhouse, and Michael Angelo was taken into the Medici palace and treated as a son. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z "My long sojourn at Florence some years ago made me fully acquainted with every member of the House of Medici, and I now bring you this letter on her part, Monsieur de Villequier." Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z The Florentine authors exhaust in vain their investigations to discover motives or pretexts for the enmity of the Pazzi to the Medici. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z With this suggestion Catherine de Medici, who had no personal fears, complied at once, and seated herself in the rich gilt-covered chair which followed her. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z The patronage of this pope was still more fatal to the arts than that of the Medici at Florence. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Who can measure the good that Lorenzo de' Medici was doing for the world unwittingly? Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Among them are the heads of Petrarch, Dante, Galileo, and Lorenzo de Medici. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z It was arranged to poignard Lorenzo and Giulio de Medici, on Sunday, the 26th of April, in the church, in the middle of Mass, at the moment of the elevation of the host. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z Catherine de Medici turned deadly pale, seeing how easily the palace itself might be invested. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z It is an irony, that Adrian, who despised all the arts on principle, and looked upon Greek statues as idolatrous, had a more artistic monument than Leo X. of the house of Medici. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The Florentines now expelled the Medici, revived the republic, and appointed Michael Angelo to superintend the fortifications and defences of Florence. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Near Tivoli is the ruined villa of Adrian, where was found the Venus de Medicis, and some other of the wonders of antique art. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z As if his being an accomplice was not sufficiently exposed by Montesecco, was not abundantly demonstrated by the circumstances themselves, he proclaims it himself by the excommunication of Lorenzo de Medicis and the Florentines. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z "What would you have him do?" demanded Catherine de Medici quickly. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z It was the embodiment of rest and silence, an effect to which two life-sized bronze statues—a Diana and a Venus de Medici—and the drowsy ticking of an ancient clock contributed not a little. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z In 1534, the same year in which the Medici statues were finished, Michael Angelo's father died, at the age of ninety. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The loveliest woman in Florence is a Medici. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The Medici had offended Sixtus IV. by some shew of resistance to the elevation of his nephews, and to the nomination of the archbishop of Pisa, Salviati. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z The Medici pale before them, for they are burghers and we have been always noble. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z The jesters of Marie de Medici made fun of their own hunched backs or dwarfed forms. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z At once he thought of his friend, and Michael Angelo was soon studying the marbles and pictures of the great Medici. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z There are two famous Venuses by the same master, as you know, in the other gallery, hanging over the Venus de Medicis—full-length figures reclining upon couches, one of them usually called Titian's mistress. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Louis XIII. banished Mary de Medicis his mother, recalled her, and banished her once more; he insults her because he fears her: he does not esteem Rich-lieu whom he receives as minister and as master. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z His features were ugly; a large, coarse nose, a heavy, sensual mouth, small eyes, but very sharp and glittering; the hair thin and short, the skin muddy, yellow, wrinkled—Lorenzo de' Medici! The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z In the Memoirs of the Queen of Navarre, we read that Catherine de Medicis was a perfect nosegay; and Cujacius and Lord Herbert of Cherbury were equally distinguished by the suavity of their transpiration. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The Medici was so pleased with the result that he brought the artist to sit at his own table, and to live in the same rooms assigned to him by Lorenzo his father. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z "To the Gallery, of course," said I, "to see the Venus de Medicis." Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Louis XII. absolved from the anathemas with which Julius had loaded him, was pledged to favour the ambition of the Medicis, who, on their part, were to support their pretensions to Milan. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z Marie de' Medici would not even look at a painting or carving of a Rose. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z He was entrusted with confidential missions from the Huguenot leaders to German potentates, carrying at one time credentials from Catherine de Medici. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Opposite is the tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, the grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and the father of Catherine de' Medici. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The only successful attempt was that of Francis II., one of the Medicis, who produced a few pieces of soft porcelain recognizable by their mark, representing the dome of Florence. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The son of Lorenzo de Medicis, he especially interested himself in ways of securing to his family a lasting ascendancy in Italy. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z I wonder whether poor Marie de' Medici hadn't had a whiff of it. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z |
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