The recovery of the artistic ideals of classical antiquity between 1400 and 1600 was hardly the only major period of cultural ...

The Albizzi were one of the oldest families in Florence and led the republican government for two generations. By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici.

In his 1963 book, 'The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank,' medieval economic historian Raymond de Roover likens the Medici banking dynasty to today's banking fortresses. And it makes sense. The ...

In this absorbing follow-up to his beautiful Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonorola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City, Strathern chronicles the legendarily farsighted banking ...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has just announced a major donation, courtesy of one Cozomo de’ Medici, an anonymous NFT collector. The museum touts the gift of 22 digital artworks by 13 ...

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Between 1300 and 1600 the Western world was transformed. An extraordinary wave of artistic and cultural innovation shattered medieval society and brought European culture reluctantly into the modern ...

In Medici: Masters of Florence, fans watched Cosimo Medici struggle to balance his vision for Florence, as head of the Florentine Republic, and his empirical bank inheritance from his late father, who ...

Netflix has unveiled a first-look at period drama Medici: The Magnificent starring Game of Thrones’ Sean Bean and Teen Wolf’s Daniel Sharman. The show is the follow-up to Medici: Masters of Florence, ...

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