The subject of my lecture is the phenomenon of masking in the Florence of Lorenzo de' Medici. I begin with an overview of the evidence in favor of the early claims that Lorenzo himself invented the ...

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Leonardo sketched her. Lorenzo de`Medici threw lavish banquets in her honor. Pulci and Poliziano composed great poems for her. Young men fell in love with her on the spot. Many great Italian ...

Editor’s Note: Gabriele Neher is Assistant Professor of History of Art at the University of Nottingham. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and ...

In 15th century Florence, a rebirth of arts and culture inspired by Greek and Roman antiquity resulted in a humanistic outlook. The Minneapolis Institute of Art’s exhibition “Botticelli and ...

Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century portrait of a "Young Man Holding a Roundel" is displayed by an employee at Sotheby's Auction house in NYC. EPA An enigmatic painting from Renaissance master Sandro ...

The young nobleman gazing out of the canvas may have been a member of the House of Medici, whose powerful patriarch raised taxes on the wealthy of Renaissance Florence. Now the 540-year-old painting, ...

Who wants to buy a Botticelli? Now’s your chance. A lovely portrait with an excellent pedigree by the Florentine Renaissance painter who gave us “The Birth of Venus,” that favorite pagan image for ...