The Medici Michelangelo and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence

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Celebrated during his lifetime for his extraordinary talent as a sculptor architect painter draftsman and poet Michelangelo inspired subsequent Florentine artists and attracted the citys most powerful patronsnotably the Medici grand dukes. Their extensive and enlightened patronage allowed art in all media to flourish. In addition to commissioning portraits and decorative objects for private and public display the Medici family ordered the reconstruction or renovation of numerous civic buildings and private residences and established several major institutions for artistic production and instruction including Europes first artists academy. See the most famous works of art in full color.