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(Encyclopedia) Medici, Lorenzo de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1449–92, Italian merchant prince, called Lorenzo il Magnifico [the magnificent]. He succeeded (1469) his father, Piero de' Medici, as...
(Encyclopedia) motet mōtĕtˈ [key], name for the outstanding type of musical composition of the 13th cent. and for a different type that originated in the Renaissance. The 13th-century motet, a creation (c.1200) o...
(Encyclopedia) Florence
flôrˈəns, flŏrˈ–
[key], Ital. Firenze, city (2021 est. metro area
pop.709,064...
(Encyclopedia) Italian architecture, the several styles employed in Italy after the Roman period.
Nineteenth-century Italian architecture, such as Giuseppe Sacconi's Victor Emmanuel monument, shows a decline in qu...
(Encyclopedia) Tintoretto tēntōrĕtˈtō [key], 1518–94, Venetian painter, whose real name was Jacopo Robusti. Tintoretto is considered one of the greatest painters in the Venetian tradition. He was called Il Ti...
(Encyclopedia) Genoa
jĕnˈōwə
[key], Ital. Genova, city, capital of Genoa prov. and of
Liguria, NW Italy,...
(Encyclopedia) Renaissance art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in Europe during the Renaissance.
In England the Renaissance flowered in the middle of the 16th cent. The Elizabethan style an...
(Encyclopedia) Venice vĕnˈĭs [key], Ital. Venezia, city (1991 pop. 309,422), capital of Venetia and of Venice prov., NE Italy, built on 118 alluvial islets within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice (an arm of the Adr...
(Encyclopedia) classicism, a term that, when applied generally, means clearness, elegance, symmetry, and repose produced by attention to traditional forms. It is sometimes synonymous with excellence or artistic qual...
(Encyclopedia) Francis I, 1494–1547, king of France (1515–47), known as Francis of Angoulême before he succeeded his cousin and father-in-law, King Louis XII.
The king also had some notable political achievem...