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Ep 58: Angelo Poliziano
· 31 min · S5 E58
Episode Ep 58: Angelo Poliziano
The Court of Lorenzo the Magnificent Part 4: Angelo Poliziano
Born Agnolo Ambrogini in Montepulciano in 1454, Poliziano rose to intellectual supremacy in Laurentian Florence as the premier Humanist and poet of the Medici court. This episode exlpores his education, life, and works in vernacular Italian, namely his Stanze and l'Orfeo.
Poliziano is inseparable from the larger history of the Medici court. His output is directly tied to Medici family. He was friends with Giuliano and witnessed his murder at the climax of the infamous Pazzi Conspiracy. He was loved by Lucrezia Tornabuoni, but greatly unfavorable in the eyes of Lorenzo's wife, Clarice Orsini. Then, he helped educate the young Michelangelo and even advised on subjects for his earliest works. This discussion looks at these relationships, ultimately arriving at the questionable circumstances of his premature death at the age of forty in 1494.
Works Discussed,
Michelangelo Buonarotti, Battle of the Centaurs, ca. 1492
https://www.casabuonarroti.it/en/museum/collections/michelangelos-works/battle-of-the-centaurs/
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