An artist in Italy . parts of Europe in order to attend hislectures. Lorenzo gave him a villa at Fiesole, andmade him tutor to his two sons, Piero and Giovanni(afterwards Pope Leo x.). This appointment did notlast long, as Clarice, the wife of the Magnificent, hadgood reason to object to her sons being placed underthe tutorship of a man of Politians habits. It didnot, however, lessen the friendly intercourse betweenLorenzo and his protege, which lasted until the deathof the former in 1492. Politian died two years later,during which time Savonarola was thundering againstthe humanist tendency of
An artist in Italy . parts of Europe in order to attend hislectures. Lorenzo gave him a villa at Fiesole, andmade him tutor to his two sons, Piero and Giovanni(afterwards Pope Leo x.). This appointment did notlast long, as Clarice, the wife of the Magnificent, hadgood reason to object to her sons being placed underthe tutorship of a man of Politians habits. It didnot, however, lessen the friendly intercourse betweenLorenzo and his protege, which lasted until the deathof the former in 1492. Politian died two years later,during which time Savonarola was thundering againstthe humanist tendency of the scholars and the vanitiesof the age. He was buried at San Marco at Florence,in a grave next to that of his brilliant companion Picodella Mirandola, who died the same year. His epitaphis as follows: l Politian lies in this grave, the angelwho had one head, and what is new, three end contrasts with that of his companion Pico,who, shortly before his death, became a convert to 272 A POT MARKET AT ASSISI. MONTEPULGIANO Savonarola, and was buried in the habit of a Dominicanfriar. I left Montepulciano with less regret than whenparting from San Gimignano. It is well worth a visit,and owing to its lofty position, a month in midsummermay well be passed here should it be necessary to passthat season in Italy. But as a painter I would far ratherspend that time at San Gimignano, in spite of its being atrifle warmer. The lordly palaces may appeal more tothe architect than to the painter, and its unrivalled viewslend themselves but little to pictorial treatment. Iftempted to take a long walk, there is always a terriblehill to climb on our return. The two American ladies who were at SanGimignano while I was there joined me at Monte-pulciano, and we were companions during the tripwhich I will describe in the next chapter. 273 CHAPTER XXII PIENZA AND SAN QUIRICO DORCIA We see in Pienza how the most active-minded and intelligent man of hisepoch, the representative genius of Italy
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