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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

L'"ORFEO" di BRANDINI -- a political message

Speranza

Orfeo col cane Cerbero,
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, FIRENZE

A neo-platonic interpretation of Orfeo's ability to harmonise the universe is employed as a metaphor of the harmony brought to FIRENZE under Papa LEO X.

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