Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) was the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic in the time of the Italian Renaissance. He was known to Florentines as Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lorenzo the Magnificent. He was a patron of scholarship and the arts and managed to keep a fragile peace between competing Italian states such as Venice and the Papal States. He ruled over a time known to Italians as the Golden Age.Within 2 years of his passing, the peace beween the Italian states came to an end, and shortly after that the French invaded Naples, beginning a period of occupation by France, Spain, or Austria for nearly four centuries.
to unite Italian states into a single nation.
The Italian renaissance was a period of time (1330-1550) In Italy. It was the rise of Humanism.
Old Italian .
Magnifico, sontuoso, splendido.
The Medicis
medicici
cole thomas
The Medici Family
pesce alla fiorentina
Florentine
In Italian it's arpa; in English it's harp.
Although the name suggests Italian origins, they are actually Austrian.
H.S Ede has written: 'Florentine drawings of the Quattrocento' -- subject(s): Drawing, Italian, Italian Drawing
No, Galileo was a famous Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer known for his contributions to the scientific revolution. He is not a star in the astronomical sense.
The term Fiorentina is simply the Italian for Florentine. There is a famous Italian football team called ACF Fiorentina who play in Florence and wear a purple uniform.
Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter and art historian, was a strong critic of Florentine art during the Renaissance. In his book "The Lives of the Artists," Vasari often provided harsh assessments of Florentine artists, comparing their work unfavorably to other artistic schools in Italy.