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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (135549)9/14/2017 9:26:09 AM
From: Joseph Silent  Read Replies (1) of 218140
 
As I recall, Machiavelli was not much respected and

was not trusted by the two or three rich merchant families (one in particular, that was responsible for much of the art we know and everything else from that time, including the work of Michelangelo) there. In the latter part of his life he was sidelined and could never get to be what he wanted. I believe they did not trust him. And rightly so.

For some reason his work has gotten notoriety in the west much later, I think. I wonder why.

If you take a trip to Florence's museums, Machiavelli will seem like a footnote compared to the rest of what they offer there.

Filippo Brunelleschi, for example, is a fascinating character. He is the chap who built the dome in the picture below, when nobody else could do it. The story of how he got to do it s the stuff of legend. But then a lot of what happened then is like that, including all that happened around Da Vinci and Michelangelo.

ngm.nationalgeographic.com
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