1 posted on
02/25/2004 10:53:57 AM PST by
blam
To: farmfriend
Ping.
2 posted on
02/25/2004 10:54:28 AM PST by
blam
To: msdrby
ping
3 posted on
02/25/2004 10:57:20 AM PST by
Professional Engineer
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4 posted on
02/25/2004 11:03:44 AM PST by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: blam
I love this period in Italian history.
To: blam
One of the most notorious crimes of the Renaissance, the attempted assassination of Florence's grandest son, Lorenzo dei Medici, has been solved more than 500 years later. Now that's a cold case.
6 posted on
02/25/2004 11:07:02 AM PST by
dirtboy
(Howard, we hardly knew ye. Not that we're complaining, mind you...)
To: blam
The portrait, an icon of the Renaissance, shows the
Duke in all his imposing authority: a bull-necked man
with raven hair slipping out from a red top hat, looking
fiercely at his wife, represented in profile in another
portrait.
To: blam
Known as the Pazzi conspiracy, the plot was led by Francesco dei Pazzi, whose banking family had resented for years the Medici climb to power. The beginings of mafia ?
8 posted on
02/25/2004 11:11:14 AM PST by
in the Arena
(1st Lt. James W. Herrick, Jr., - MIA - Laos - 27 October 69 "Fire Fly 33")
To: blam
Bttt
PBS just showed a very beautifully filmed historical special on 'The Medici' (6 hours in length?) chronicling who they were, the entire dynasty, their rise to power, what they did (both good and bad), and how it affected both the secular and religious aspects of civilization at the time, and STILL echos today.
VERY recommended!
9 posted on
02/25/2004 11:14:34 AM PST by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: blam; in the Arena
PBS show here....................
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance tells the story of a violent, dramatic and compelling age; a critical turning point in Western history.
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/show/prog.html
12 posted on
02/25/2004 11:35:12 AM PST by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: blam
Truly fascinating. I too love this historical period.
apropos of Italian history is a great quote from The Thin Man: In Italy for 30 years of the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo daVinci and the Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 5 hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did they produce? The cuckoo-clock.
The author is a descendant of one of the little-known figures in Renaissance Italian politics. Just finished reading this, and *highly* recommend it to anyone interested in nonfiction, history, the Renaissance, Italy, art, or Machiavelli. :')
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03/01/2009 11:24:50 AM PST by
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27 posted on
03/01/2009 11:25:04 AM PST by
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28 posted on
03/01/2009 11:26:14 AM PST by
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