#Antonio Medici

[marcogiovenale]

"storie di pietra. sulle tracce di roger caillois": dal 13 ottobre a villa medici, roma

VILLA MEDICI / Académie de France à Rome Viale della Trinità dei Monti, 1  Mostra STORIE DI PIETRA Sulle tracce di Roger Caillois Dal 13 ottobre 2023 al 14 gennaio 2024 Curatori: Jean de Loisy e Sam Stourdzé Compagne delle nostre fantasticherie, le pietre, più antiche della vita, hanno esercitato sugli esseri umani un fascino di cui ognuno di noi condivide l’esperienza: una raccolta, un lancio,…

[pier-carlo-universe]

11° Corso Teorico-Pratico di Chirurgia Isteroscopica: Innovazione e Formazione ad Alessandria

Un'opportunità unica per approfondire le tecniche avanzate di chirurgia mini-invasiva nel trattamento delle patologie endouterine.

Un’opportunità unica per approfondire le tecniche avanzate di chirurgia mini-invasiva nel trattamento delle patologie endouterine. Il 17 e 18 ottobre, il Salone di Rappresentanza dell’Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Alessandria ospiterà l’11° edizione del Corso Teorico-Pratico di Chirurgia Isteroscopica. Questo evento rappresenta una tappa fondamentale per specialisti in ginecologia e…

[primepaginequotidiani]

PRIMA PAGINA Il Tempo di Oggi lunedì, 30 settembre 2024

[diceriadelluntore]

Questa foto spiega in maniera decisiva perché la vicenda Carini-Khelif è una pagliacciata politica, mi permetto di dire tipicamente italiana. Per chi non conoscesse la vicenda, la pugile italiana Angela Carini si ritira dopo 46' dall'inizio del match con Imane Khelif, algerina. Motivo: ha ricevuto colpi fortissimi. Khelif, che ha già partecipato alle Olimpiadi di Tokyo del 2020, è stata squalificata ai precedenti Mondiali di Boxe dalla Federazione Internazionale per esami medici non meglio specificati, si ipotizza per un tasso di testosterone superiore, caratteristica che in maniera naturale può variare anche in maniera sensibile tra le donne. Il Cio ha rigettato la squalifica e ha permesso all'atleta algerina di partecipare al torneo olimpico parigino.

E qui arriviamo alla foto: Khelif e Carini sono idonee entrambi per la categoria in cui competono. Se Carini ha deciso di abbandonare, scelta legittima nello sport, è perché non si è sentita in grado di affrontare un'atleta idonea alla sua categoria di appartenenza.

I due in foto sono Victor Wembanyama, centro della Francia di basket, stella dei San Antonio Spurs in NBA, alto 2,24 cm; al suo fianco Yuki Kawamura, playmaker del Giappone, alto 1,76 cm. I giapponesi non hanno certo abbandonato il Parquet per una così marcata differenza fisica, anzi con una prova superlativa di tecnica e passione hanno portato la partita con la Francia, tra le favorite del torneo, ai supplementari perdendo solo di 4 punti. E tra l'altro Kawamura siglerà 29 punti contro i 18 di Wembanyama.

Chissà cosa avrà detto il premier giapponese dei 50 cm di differenza in campo. E aspetto con quasi impazienza di sapere dove verrà candidata da Fratelli d'Italia Angela Carini alle prossime elezioni.

[teecupangel]

Hiya! Could I possibly get more of the "cat cult"? I wanna see Ziio, Achilles, and many other AC characters as kittens.

(Why can I see Ziio being pure black, female kitty? Kinda like this;)

The “Altaïr gets a cult (but nobody cares about that) and gets lots of cats against his will” idea and the “Malik and Altaïr bickers like an old married couple” side-idea with its sorta sequel “Ezio breaks down and starts doubting every cat he sees” idea.

“I have met with them.” Ezio said with the tired tone of a man who had seen god and returned with nothing but a new cape that did not even match any of his usual attire.

Antonio’s lips curved into an amused smile as he asked blithely, “Quite the eccentric trio, are they not? I find it is better to deal with Malik than the twins.”

Twins.

Is that what they believe Altaïr and Desmond were?

He had spent two hours, perhaps three, with them and the two acted more like Desmond was a child to be coddled and looked after. It didn’t remind him of how he and his siblings interacted with Petruccio though. Altaïr and Malik both worried and cared for Desmond as if they were afraid he would shatter in front of them.

Sometimes, Ezio wondered if Desmond’s serene look at everything, even in the face of danger and death, was a sign of something more concerning.

But it was not his place to say anything.

“Altaïr has a lot of interesting opinions.” Ezio said instead.

And plans.

One of which was to take over their cul- Brotherhood and reinstate the “no close relationship with any powerful faction” rule that Ezio had never even heard about.

Desmond had whispered to him that King Richard the Lionheart actually tried to develop a close relationship with the Brotherhood but Altaïr had ‘dumped’ him, whatever that meant.

Ezio supposed that his recounting of how close the Auditore was with the Medici prompted this entire thing. Before that, Altaïr had seemed reluctant to take his rightful place as their mentor. Ezio wasn’t even sure if his uncle would like what was about to happen.

“I’ve actually come here to ask a favor on their behalf.” Ezio said with a sigh, making Antonio raise an eyebrow.

“And is that favor connected to the cats that followed you here and have been staring at us?” Antonio asked lightly even though Ezio could see the wary (and fear?) in his eyes as he glanced at the cats lounging on the roof, peering over them.

“Ah, yes. Forgive me for the late introduction…” Ezio turned to acknowledge the four cats as he said, “The black one is… I cannot remember her name but Desmond told me I can call her Ziio. The black and white one is Achilles. The grey and brown one is Maria. And the white and orange one is Clay.”

Among the four, only the one called Clay meowed, as if greeting back.

“They’re here to… support me.”

According to Desmond anyway.

While they all seemed to follow Altaïr back to their home, it seemed Desmond was the one who talked to them the most and named them.

“They are connected to the favor I wish to ask.” Ezio said and decided to just push through so he could get it over with, “They have decided to travel to Monteriggioni to talk to my uncle.”

And usurp him if the need arises, apparently.

Desmond was quite happy to tell Ezio their plan even though he knew that they were talking about his uncle.

Of course, we’re not going to kill anyone. Especially not Zio Mario!

The easy way Desmond called his uncle ‘zio’ made Ezio confused of their actual blood connection.

But everything about Desmond was a mess of confusion and worry. Altaïr calling Desmond his ‘child’ (said in a jest perhaps?) did not help at all.

“They need someone to take care of the cats while they are gone.” Ezio continued, “Just to feed them and make sure they have ample clean water every day. Perhaps clean any messes they make while playing inside. Desmond assured me that they take care of their ‘business’ outside or in the garden, behind the bushes…”

Antonio stared at him for a moment.

“Would you happen to know anyone who wouldn’t mind taking care of their-” army of “cats?”

“Will you be joining them in their travels?” Antonio asked and Ezio shook his head.

“We decided it would be better if I did not. I do not want my uncle to make a mistake and believe I have any part of this.” Ezio sighed.

The most he had done was explain the current state of the Brotherhood (although Desmond seemed to know about it, now that he thought about it). He didn’t have any hand on their plans or their decisions.

“Then it seems to me you already found the best person to take care of the cats!” Antonio said cheerfully as he patted Ezio’s shoulder.

Ezio blinked.

Ah.

He supposed Antonio was right.

For once…

Ezio wished he was being chased all over by guards.

[bacchaemember]

The Odyssey as headlines!

art: (1)Head of Odysseus from a Roman period Hellenistic marble group representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus (2) Penelope with the suitors by John William Waterhouse (1911/12) (3)Portrait of Don Lorenzo de Medici and Athena Cosimo Ulivelli (17th century) (4) Circe offering a cup to Odysseus by John William Waterhouse (1891) (5)Neptune and Amymone, 1757, Carle Vanloo (6)Odysseus returning home by John Flaxman (16th/17th century) (7)The return if Telemachus to Penelope by Antonio Zucchi (1726) (8) Illustrattions for Homer's Odyssey by Jan Styka a Polish painter (1901-1903) (9)Helen recognising Telemachus, son of Odysseus by Jean-Jaques Lagrenée (1795) (10)The Companions of Odysseus Steal the Cattle of Helios (fresco by Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1554/56)

[othmeralia]

Now that's a big book.

And a big book requires a big title, right? Get ready for this one:

Nuovo, et universale theatro farmaceutico : fondato sopra le preparationi farmaceutiche scritte da' medici antichi, greci, et arabi ; principalmente da Galeno, e Mesue. Appoggiato sopra le preparationi, dette spagi riche, già da gli antichi, in parte, abbozzate, mà da più moderni medici illustrate, e megliò coltivate ; scritte dal Beguino, Crollio, Hartmanno, Libavio, Minsicht, Paracelso, Quercentano, Sennerto, e Altri : rappresenttante e le une, e l'altre preparationi, per fondamenti unitamente necessarij alla veta, e artificiosa methodo farmaceutica : adornato, e ampliato oltre le fabriche, e compositioni medicinali, in qualsisia forma fabricabili, contenute ne gli antidotarij Veneti de Giorgio Melichio, aumentato da Alberto Stecchini, già farmacopei nella officina dello struzzo, e ne gli altri sin al presente, con le stampe, publicati antidotarij de più accreditati autori, e delle più rinomate città d'Europa, Anversa, Augusta, Bergamo, Bologna, Colonia Agrippina, Fiorenza, Londra, Messina, Roma, e altre ; con quelle fabriche, e compositioni ancora, le quali fossero state descritte da gli più lodati scrittori dell' arte medica, over inventate da' più dotti lettori, e professori della medesima : abondantissimo non solo de gli insegnamenti, dati da inominati antecessori, di nuovo revisti, ma ancora de tutti gl'altri avvertimenti, appartenenti alla intiera, legitima, e perfetta dispositione, alteratione, fabrica, unione, e compositione di tutte le materie medicinali semplici, e composte, cavabili da animali, vegetabili, e minerali ; necessario a ciascheduno farmacopeio: utile ad ogni medico, e amatore della medicina : curioso per gli investigatori delle più desiderate, e artificiose preparationi spagiriche / eretto, et esposto alla luce da Antonio de Sgobbis de Montagna ...

[thetudorslovers]

"The mother of Pope Clement VII remains an enigmatic figure. Pieraccini cites a record of the Pazzi conspriacy by Antonio da San Gallo in which he wrote that Giuliano had a son, aged one, by the time he was killed in the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478. The mother was ' a woman of the Gorini, his friend. The said Lorenzo went to see him and then gave him to the care of the same Antonio, where he stayed until his seventh year. The said son had the name of Giulio and was born on the 6th March 1478. Seraccini is cited as stating that she was Fioretta di Antonio di Michele di Iacopo del Ciptadino corazzaio. Pieraccini however states that the mother's name was certainly 'Fioretta', but that all else is unknown.

An unpleasant paragraph then follows outlining the importance of knowing who the mother was, owing: ' on the laws of hereditary biology, the knowledge of whether Fioretta was daughter of nobles or plebs must be important, for example, to recognise the inheritance of particular refined talents or dispositions, presumably more developed in the Florentine upper classes than in the lower ones.'  Giulio had himself declared legitimate during Giovanni's cardinalate, saying that his mother had been secretly married to Giuliano. The eighteenth-century Jesuit antiquarian, Giuseppe Richa, in an attempt to ensure the Medici pope's legitimacy to the throne of S. Peter, repeated this claim of a secret marriage. Hibbert follows the Gorini reference, and identifies her as Fioretta Gorini. 'This boy, whose mother soon afterwards died, was adopted by Lorenzo'.  Young identifies her as Antonia Gorini." - Women on the margins: the beloved and the mistress in Renaissance Florence

[m1male2]

The Pudic Venus of the classical world are the representation of the goddess Aphrodite, naked or semi-naked, at the precise moment of modestly covering her "shame" or private parts, as if she had been surprised at the time of bathing or dressing.

It was one of the most typical artistic motifs of Classical Antiquity.

Let's see some examples:

-Photo 1, The Venus de Medici, Roman copy 1st c. BC, from the sculpture of Praxiteles from the 4th century BC

-Photo 2, Venus Capitolina, copy of the 2nd century from an original sculpture by Praxiteles. Capitoline Museums, Vatican.

-Photo 3, Aphrodite or Venus of Cnido, also called Altemps or Ludovisi. Work of the Greek author Praxiteles made around the year 360 B.C. Altemps Palace Museum, Rome.

-Photo 4, Aphrodite of Syracuse. Roman copy of the 2nd century AD. from a Greek original of the 4th century B.C.; neck, head and left arm are restorations by Antonio Canova. Found in Baiae, southern Italy. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

[vecchiorovere]

Dama con un gatto, 1525 circa, olio su tavola, New York, collezione privata

Francesco Ubertini detto il Bacchiacca (Borgo San Lorenzo, 1º marzo 1494 – Firenze, 5 ottobre 1557) è stato un pittore italiano, fiorentino.

Figlio dell'orefice Ubertino Verdi, fu allievo del Perugino e poi aiutante del Franciabigio e risentì anche di influssi di Andrea del Sarto, come Michelangelo, Raffaello e Dürer. Eseguì una serie di quadretti di soggetto sacro e profano, mostrando una vivace fantasia nell'accostare figure e colori. Prese parte alla decorazione della Camera nuziale Borgherini verso il 1515-1520. Dopo aver passato un breve periodo di tempo a Roma nel 1524, tornò a Firenze. Nel 1540 entrò al servizio di Cosimo I de' Medici per decorare il palazzo della Signoria. Si distinse soprattutto come autore di cartoni per arazzi e per varie opere decorative per Cosimo.

Fu fratello di Antonio d'Ubertino Verdi, pure detto Bacchiacca, che sia Vasari che Benedetto Varchi e Cellini ricordano come "ottimo ricamatore" al servizio di Cosimo I de' Medici.

(fonte web)

[marcogiovenale]

da oggi, 13 ottobre, a villa medici: "storie di pietra. sulle tracce di roger caillois"

VILLA MEDICI / Académie de France à Rome Viale della Trinità dei Monti, 1  Mostra STORIE DI PIETRA Sulle tracce di Roger Caillois Da oggi, 13 ottobre 2023, fino al 14 gennaio 2024 Curatori: Jean de Loisy e Sam Stourdzé Compagne delle nostre fantasticherie, le pietre, più antiche della vita, hanno esercitato sugli esseri umani un fascino di cui ognuno di noi condivide l’esperienza: una raccolta,…

[pier-carlo-universe]

Aperto il XXVII Congresso Nazionale CReI: Il futuro della reumatologia al centro del modello OneHealth. Il Ministro della Salute Orazio Schillaci e la Presidente CReI Daniela Marotto lanciano un messaggio di multidisciplinarietà e sostenibilità per la cura delle malattie reumatologiche al Congresso di Firenze

Il XXVII Congresso nazionale del Collegio dei Reumatologi Italiani (CReI) ha aperto ufficialmente i lavori a Firenze, mettendo al centro della discussione l'approccio OneHealth. Con il titolo "What Else?",

Il XXVII Congresso nazionale del Collegio dei Reumatologi Italiani (CReI) ha aperto ufficialmente i lavori a Firenze, mettendo al centro della discussione l’approccio OneHealth. Con il titolo “What Else?”, l’evento, che si svolge dal 9 al 12 ottobre 2024 presso il Palazzo dei Congressi di Firenze, si propone come un’opportunità unica di confronto tra esperti per discutere le prospettive future…

[gregor-samsung]

" Dopo tre anni di pontificato mediocre papa Carlo rimase vittima di un attentato: dalla pensilina della tettoia di un autobus cadde del marcio che colpì papa Carlo sulla papalina. Carlo era cosciente ma la papalina iniziò a grondare sangue e tutti intorno a Carlo e tutti a preoccuparsi della papalina che veniva ricoverata d’urgenza mentre papa Carlo rimaneva tramortito sotto la pensilina. La papalina respirava a fatica, il cuore batteva fioco fioco, migliaia di medici erano al suo capezzano, annaspavano, sforzavano: all'improvviso un uomo di non più di alcuni anni si diresse, pistola alla mano, verso il letto dove la papalina era ricoverata, sfondò il posto di blocco, e svuotò mezzo caricatore contro la papalina che spirò morta. L’uomo venne arrestato mentre papa Carlo faceva ritorno a piedi in Vaticano. Entrò Carlo e venne bloccato e dai a spiegare che lui era papa, e vai a parlare dell'attentato, di quella cascata di marcio che lo aveva colpito rendendolo in fin di papalina, e dai a mostrare i documenti con scritto “Professione Papa”. Venne cacciato da Roma e si trasferì per un po’ di tempo a Istanbul dove cercò di riunificare le tre chiese. "

Antonio Rezza, Non cogito ergo digito (romanzo a più pretese), La nave di Teseo (collana i Delfini, n° 62), 2019; prima edizione: Bompiani, 1998. [ Libro elettronico ]

[lives-in-a-harpsichord]

Baroque opera recs that I forgot to post yesterday ✨

Gonna give five cause if I don't limit myself I'll just never stop

Jean-Baptiste Lully : Atys. One of my recent favourites. Charming, and sad, and beautiful. Lots of dancing and period-appropriate gesturing and other visual delights in the 2011 production in particular. It's on medici dot tv (check if your local library offers a free subscription) with English subtitles. Also on youtube but in a couple of parts and I don't know if it has subtitles

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie. Currently watching on medici dot tv as well. 2012 Opera Bastille production has an amazing cast and lovely, very baroque visual style. Also, the music is so unique and beautiful. Act II is musically endlessly surprising and wonderful

Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet. Many wonderful productions out there, but I have so much affection for the 2023 Accademia Bizantina production. Amazing music, unhinged cast of characters, and my personal weakness, father and daughter raging endlessly.

G.F. Händel: Alcina. Just full of absolutely devastating beauty. The music is so full of emotion and subtleties. There are so many complex relationships and characters, and "Ah! Mio cor!" is the best aria ever written about heartbreak. In this essay I - no! I will control myself. Les Talens Lyriques and Staatsoper Wien prods are both very good

Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas. I know, it's no grand opera, but it's a short little tasty thing that I love and cherish. I love Purcell's music so much. And I adore that its first known performance was by a girls' school. Feels intimate, feels right.

Five is very few when there are so many good operas and other works out there, but I will add to this post later. Otherwise I will just start weeping about how much I love baroque music and it's gonna be so annoying

[teecupangel]

Another Desmond reborn as X, but this one is as Uberto Alberti's kid. Who we don't know anything about but "family" is the reason he betrayed his friend supposedly so I'd be interesting if Desmond could try and avoid it this time around.

According to the transcription of Uberto’s database in ACII:

Now, I found a backdoor into the Templars' database server, I've been combing it for some kind of smoking gun. I found it. Apparently, Uberto's family was evicted by the Medici bank. Uberto's been aching for revenge ever since, and the Templars promised him support. Ezio's father was standing in the way AND Uberto was jealous of his influence over the Florentine government. Two birds with one stone, isn't it? It looks like Uberto used his election to the Signoria as his opportunity to strike.

Apparently, he joined the Templars because the Medici evicted his family.

If he is part of the real House Alberti, there is no mentions of any evictions in wiki nor any mention of an Uberto. The Albertis were allies of the Medici as far as I read.

Returned to Florence, in the 15th century they were first allied to the Medici against the Albizzi. Main members of the period include writer Antonio Alberti, cardinal Alberto di Giovanni Alberti and architect and Renaissance theorist Leon Battista Alberti.

But wiki did say that they “divided into different lines, who owned several houses and towers near the modern Ponte alle Grazie” and “Some of them were admitted in the Venetian nobility late in the century” so maybe Uberto’s family wasn’t one of those few fortunate Albertis to gain nobility.

So, really…

Giovanni died and dragged his two sons with him because of his ties to the Medicis.

And Desmond would point that out.

In this setup, Desmond would probably think of Uberto as a good father as he did stress he did it for his family (although another setup is that Uberto is using the whole “I’m doing it for my family” to hide his greed and thirst for power but that would be a bit boring so we’ll go down the ‘a good man wishing to avenge his family’s misfortunes’ route instead).

So Desmond would want to protect his new family (especially if he has younger siblings). When they get evicted, Desmond understood why Uberto did what he did. Maybe add in the drama of the eviction being all of a sudden or not given any warning before they were evicted during a time when Firenze was having ‘money problems’.

Desmond knew that the Templars would contact Uberto then and tried to stop Uberto from saying yes to the Templars but he’d say that this was their only choice if they wish to protect their family.

(If you really wanna drive in a conundrum, one of Desmond’s siblings or his mother falls ill during this time and the financial support the Templars gave them is what kept them from dying or maybe said mother/sibling was already ill and almost died had it not been for the Templars’ money)

In the end, Desmond tries to leave the Auditores alone but, instead, Ezio found him and started to talk to him. Desmond couldn’t help but form a bond with Ezio anyway, maybe become a close friend who doesn’t really like to be seen with others.

Ezio knows Desmond spend most of his time caring for his ailing sibling/mother, and he remembers Petruccio so he has a soft spot for Desmond.

Anyway…

Uberto still becomes a Templar and Desmond tries to undermine him, first by trying to save the decoded message that Giovanni needed but that failed because Uberto knew that Desmond was trying to stop him so he’s become more ‘suspicious’. He never scolds Desmond though and he understands what his son is doing so he tells Desmond to continue to try and stop him…

“This way… no matter which sides wins, our family will be safe.”

And Desmond realized then and there that Uberto was ready to die if it meant their family would be safe and financially secured.

In the end…

Desmond helped Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio escape by unlocking their cage and telling them that Uberto’s a Templar. Desmond begs Giovanni to not kill Uberto, that he’ll be able to make Uberto understand that they have failed and they’ll leave Firenze, hell, they’ll leave all of Italia, just…

“Please… don’t kill padre.”

Giovanni promises not to kill Uberto if they leave Firenze as soon as possible.

And Desmond is able to persuade Uberto to do just that, telling him that revenge means nothing if it would lead to his death.

.

Now.

The happy ending would be that Desmond and Ezio would see each other and there will be this strain in their friendship because of Uberto’s betrayal that they will slowly get past.

But…

The more angst-filled route would be…

Lorenzo wants all the conspirators of the Pazzi conspiracy to be killed and Uberto was one of them. He orders Giovanni to kill Uberto and Giovanni tried to say no, at first, only to acquiesce once Lorenzo reminded him who he was ‘allies’ with.

Desmond finds an Assassin standing in front of his father’s bleeding corpse and the darkness and his shock made it hard for him to see the Assassin clearly.

All he knows…

… was that the Assassin was wearing Ezio’s robes…

.

.

In this setup, Desmond would be torn between wanting to take vengeance or being the person to cut the noose of revenge that keeps looping and looping around all of them.

His trust in the Auditores would be destroyed and Desmond would want to believe that it wasn’t Ezio, that maybe it was Giovanni or even Federico but a part of him would whisper that it could have been Ezio. Ezio wasn’t there when Desmond begged for his father’s life.

Last time he saw Ezio, he was wearing those robes…

And Desmond can’t…

… will not kill Ezio even if a part of him wished to avenge Uberto’s death.

They had no reason to kill him.

His family had exiled themselves away from Firenze, living as normal farmers of all things.

He…

He needed to know the truth.

And, once he knows it…

That’s when he’ll decide how to end this chain of vengeance.

With blood spilled… or not.