Bibliograph

Magnifico, the brilliant life and violent times of Lorenzo de' Medici, Miles J. Unger

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Magnifico, the brilliant life and violent times of Lorenzo de' Medici, Miles J. Unger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Magnifico

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Miles J. Unger

Sub title

the brilliant life and violent times of Lorenzo de' Medici

Summary

A brilliant and ruthless statesman, Lorenzo de' Medici's dexterous wielding of power helped nurture the Italian Renaissance. A statesman, scholar, poet and philosopher, Lorenzo was a generous and discerning patron to many of the most creative minds of this most creative age. But despite this, he lived surrounded by almost constant violence, and much of his genius was devoted to the art of survival in a world where the dagger was wielded as deftly as the painter's brush or sculptor's chisel. Through the pages of this fascinating biography walk many giants who benefited from Medici patronage: Botticelli, Fra Lippo Lippi, da Vinci and the teenage prodigy Michelangelo, whom Lorenzo discovered and raised almost as his own son

Target audience

adult

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