Portrait paintings are sometimes described as windows into the soul. The Renaissance likenesses presented in the Metropolitan Museum’s “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570” have other ...
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The rise & fall of the Medicis, the family that built Florence
Few families have shaped a city and a civilization quite like the Medicis. Known for being patrons of the arts, they funded ...
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The Serpent Queen True Story: How Catherine De Medici Got The Name & How Accurate The Starz Series Is, Explained
The Starz series The Serpent Queen is a historical drama that centers on Catherine de Medici, the Queen of France from 1547 ...
"In the past half century, scholars have downplayed the significance of Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) as a patron of the arts. Less wealthy than his grandfather Cosimo, the argument goes, Lorenzo was ...
After more than eight years of work, conservators presented the newly restored tombs in Florence this week. The tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, 1524–34, by Michelangelo Buonarroti, at the ...
Fans were happy when showrunner Frank Spotnitz announced in January 2019 that filming of season 3 of the historical drama series Medici was already complete. Medici season 3 will continue the saga of ...
Catherine de’ Medici was born a piece on a political chessboard in 1519. Orphaned before she was a month old in her native Italy, this Catholic daughter of a French princess and a Florentine dynast ...
A new exhibition at the Met reveals how the Florentine banking dynasty drew on art to cement its power and legacy Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History When Cosimo I de’ Medici, a 17 ...
When Cosimo il Vecchio was a young man, he was given a slave girl. Despite his marriage he continued to live with her, away from his family. Their bastard son, Carlo, sought his fortune in Spain and ...
A descendant of a storied family, she was an author, TV host and cooking school director who showed that Italian cuisine was about more than tomatoes, pizza and pasta. By Clay Risen Before Lorenza de’ ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Renaissance masterpiece Villa Medici, built c1540, is the wedding-cake-perfect white travertine and marble ...
Italian packaging firm Reno de Medici SpA is working with an operational adviser on a cost-cutting plan in an effort to turn around its operations as it’s grappling with cash burn. The company, ...
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