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LORENZO DE MEDICI

VOL. II.

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LORENZO DE MEDICI

THE MAGNIFICENT

BY

ALFRED VON REUMONT

TRANSLATED from THE GERMAN by ROBERT HARRISON

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.

LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1876

[All rights reserved]

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

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FOURTH BOOKcontinued.

Second Part.

TIME OF LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT.

CHAPTER VI.

LORENZO DE MEDICI AS A POET.

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Lorenzos Letter to Don Federigo of Aragon accompanying a Collection of Old Italian PoemsOpinions on Italian PoetryThe Poets of the Thirteenth CenturyDante and SuccessorsThe Italian Vulgar TongueLorenzos Position in LiteratureInfluence of Antiquity and the Dantesque PeriodThe Feeling for Nature in Lorenzos PoetryThe Love PoemsLucrezia DonatiThe Nature of LoveLorenzos SonnetsIdyllsCorintoLa Nencia da BarberinoAmbraThe Hawking Party and I BeoniPrevalence of the BurlesqueDance and Carnaval SongsCarnaval CompaniesMystery-Play of St. John and St. PaulSpiritual Songs

CHAPTER VII.

MARSILIO FICINO AND CRISTOFORO LANDINO.

PlatonismFicinos Influence on Religion and PhilosophyThe Connection of Platonism with ChristianitySpeculation and RealityMarsilio Ficino and DanteFicinos WorksBook on Christian LearningTranslation of PlatoTheologia PlatonicaTranslation of Plotinus and Dionysius the AreopagiteFicinos Letters on Personal RelationsHis Connection with Learned ForeignersHis Manner of lifeHis Advice to Lorenzo de Medici and to Cardinal Raffael RiarioHis Picture of a Right Way of LivingLorenzos Connection with FicinoCristoforo Landinos Position and LaboursThe Camaldulensian DiscussionsLeon Battista Alberti with the Medici Brothers and their Friends in the Abbey of CamaldoliVarious Phases of the Study of DanteDante and the Fifteenth Century Biographies of DanteFirst Edition of the Divine ComedyLandinos Edition, with a CommentaryStudy of Dante in Landinos Time

CHAPTER VIII.

LUIGI PULCI AND ANGELO POLIZIANO.

Matteo Palmieri and The City of LifeBurchiello and the BurlesqueThe Romantic EposBernardo and Luca PulciThe Ciriffo Calvaneo and the GiostriLuigi Pulci and the Morgante MaggioreThe Epopee and the Courts of Medici and EsteLuigi Pulcis Connection with Lorenzo de MediciAngelo Polizianos Family and YouthHis Homeric StudiesTranslation of the IliadDedication to LorenzoOpinion of Cardinal AmmannatiInterruptions in the WorkThe Dramatic Piece OrfeoTournament of Giuliano de MediciThe StanzasSmall Latin PoemsPoliziano as a Latin PoetThe SylvDescription of Lorenzo as a PoetDescription of FiesoleDedication of the SylvSon of Lorenzo, Pier Francesco de Medici, Lorenzo Tornabuoni, Antonio Pallavicino GentileWitches in an Academical LecturePoliziano as a Popular Song WriterRispettiPoliziano as Translator and Letter Writer

CHAPTER IX.

POLIZIANO IN THE HOME OF THE MEDICI. SCALA AND RUCELLAI.

Poliziano as a Poet and Tutor of the MediciPoliziano and Madonna ClariceWinter Residence in CaffagiuoloOde to Gentile BecchiPolizianos Letter to Madonna LucreziaDissension between Madonna Clarice and PolizianoPoliziano in FiesolePoliziano and others as Teachers of Piero de MediciGiorgio BenignoGiovanni PratoAntonio BarberiniPiero de Medici in his YouthBartolommeo ScalaBenedetto AccoltiScala and Lorenzo de MediciQuarrel of Poliziano and ScalaAlessandra ScalaPolizianos Quarrel with MarullusAlamanno RinucciniBernardo Rucellai and the Platonic Academy

CHAPTER X.

ERMOLAO BARBARO AND PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA.

Bernardo BemboErmolao BarbaroBarbaros Visit to Florence and to Lorenzo de Medici at the BathsLorenzos Exertions in favour of BarbaroGiovanni Pico de MirandolaPico in Florence and in the Medici CircleThe CabbalaPicos Amorous Adventure at ArezzoDisputation at Rome and OppositionDenunciation and ApologyLorenzos Interposition on behalf of PicoPicos Country Life and StudiesLorenzos Defence of Pico against his Romish AdversariesFinal Issue of the DifferencePicos Poetical and Philosophical WorksPico a Type of the AgeStefano Porcaro and Pandolfo Collenuccio

CHAPTER XI.

PISA UNIVERSITY. MANUSCRIPTS AND CRITICISM. PRINTING. PLATONIC SYMPOSIA.

Latin PoetsUgolino VerinoAlessandro BracciG. B. ContalicioTommaso BaldinottiPierio RiccioPisa and its University before Lorenzos TimeLorenzo de Medici and PisaRestoration of the UniversityFilelfos Endeavours after a ProfessorshipDifficulties of the New EstablishmentProfessors of the UniversityBartolommeo Sozzinithe Brothers DecioWaldo BartoliniFrancesco AccoltiPierio LeoniLorenzo LippiBartolommeo von PratovecchioFrancesco de MassimiStudies in FlorenceFontius and ChalcondylasJohannes LascarisThe high Development of Greek StudiesPlatina and Pomponius Leti in connection with LorenzoExamination of ManuscriptsEmendationsPolizianos Critical WorksCollation of the PandectsTranslationsThe Art of PrintingBernardo CenniniFirst Printing in FlorenceIncreased Diffusion of Literary TreasuresManuscript Collectors in FlorenceLorenzo de Medici as a Manuscript CollectorPoliziano in VeniceCassandra FedelePiero de Medici and the Medicean CollectionsThe Books of Mathias CorvinusIntercourse between the Learned of Hungary and FlorenceCollections of InscriptionsThe Academy at RomeFra Giocondo of VeronaLorenzo de Medici as the Centre of the Learned WorldAssemblies of the Platonic AcademyPlatonic SymposiaThe Exact SciencesPaolo ToscanelliAmerigo Vespucci

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Third Part.

THE FINE ARTS.

CHAPTER XII.

COSIMO AND PIERO DE MEDICI AND ART.

Revolution in the Direction of Art when Cosimo was youngArchitectural QuestionsBrunelleschiRe-building of San LorenzoAbbey of FiesoleMichelozzoChurch and Convent of San MarcoOther Works of MichelozzoChapel of the AnnunziataTabernacle in San MiniatoTornabuoni PalaceBrunelleschis BuildingsPazzi ChapelPitti PalaceLuca FancelliLeon Batista AlbertiRucellai Palace and LoggiaHoly SepulchreThe Annunziata ChoirSculptureDonatello and Cosimo de MediciLorenzo GhibertiGlass Painting and the JesuatesLuca della RobbiaWorks in Glazed EarthSepulchral MonumentsNoferi StrozziNeri CapponiOrlando de MediciSplendour of the MonumentsDesiderio da SettignanoBernardo and Antonio RossellinoChapel of the Cardinal of PortugalMino da FiesoleOrnamentationGiuliano da MajanoAntonio FilareteNielloMaso FiniguerraPaintingMasaccio and Fra Angelico of FiesoleBenozzo GozzoliPaolo UccelloAndrea dal CastagnoDomenico VenezianoFilippo LippiThe PeselliFlemish in connection with Tuscan ArtArt-Treasures and Antiquities in the House of the MediciPersonal Intercourse of the Medici with ArtistsAntonio Squarcialupi degli OrganiDomenico Veneziano to Piero de MediciBenozzo Gozzali to Piero de MediciFra Filippo Lippi and the MediciBeginnings of Art HistoryCennini and Ghiberti

CHAPTER XIII.

BUILDING IN THE DAYS OF LORENZO DE MEDICI.

Lorenzos Knowledge of ArchitectureGiuliano da Majano at Home and AbroadBenedetto da MajanoThe Strozzi PalaceGiuliano Giamberti da SangalloThe Castle of Ostia and the Villa at Poggio a CajanoThe Convent of San GalloThe Gondi PalaceAntonio da SangalloPlan for restoring the Faade of Sta. Maria del FioreFaade of Sto. SpiritoPalace of the SignoriaClock of Lorenzo della VolpaiaSimone del Pollaiuolo called CronacaNew Buildings and StreetsWorks of Art in Town Houses and Country Villas

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