Monday, November 13, 2017

Catherine Sforza, the Tigress of Forli, and Grandmother to Cosimo I, part 1

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Another remarkable Renaissance woman was Catherine Sforza (1463-1509), who was raised in the Court of Milan and received a humanistic ...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Another Influential Renaissance Woman, Alexandra Strozzi

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This building, the Strozzi Palace in Florence, is getting ready to open in September a special exhibition to feature the works of Ai Wei-...
Sunday, July 3, 2016

Beatrice d' Este, sister of Isabella, and later Duchess of Milan

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Beatrice d'Este (1475-1497) was the younger daughter of Ercole d` Este and Eleanora di Aragon (see post of 12/26/15), and grew up fir...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Isabella d' Este, Another Influential Renaissance Woman

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After seeing Titian's portrait of her (above), Isabella famously said it was "so pleasing that I doubt that at the age I am repr...
Saturday, December 26, 2015

Meanwhile, and elsewhere in Italy, there were other interesting and influential Renaissance Women . . .

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  . . . including Eleanora of Aragon d'Este, Duchess of Ferrara.  Daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples and Isabella of Clermont, Eleanor...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici

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Giovanni took up residence in Rome in 1500, where he lived a lavish lifestyle, surrounded by friends and relatives, including his cousin ...
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Sunday, April 5, 2015

The Legacy of Lorenzo and Clarice

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Why not have it all?  Control of both Church and State!  Although this may have been their plan, control of both Church and State at ...