LORENZO AND GIOVANNA

Lorenzo and Giovanna. Timeless Art and Fleeting Lives in Renaissance Florence is the first work to recount the entire story of two l eading figures in Florence under Medici rule: Lorenzo Tornabuoni (146897), the gifted cousin of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and his be autiful wife, Giovanna degli Albizzi (146888). Through works of art, letters, poems and archival documents, the author reconstructs the lives of these two young people, from their wedding in 1486, a celebration so lavish that it was remembered for decades, to the tragic fa...[Llegir més]