Medicean
- noun
- /ˌmɛdɪˈsiːən/
- Formal
- Artists flocked to Medicean patrons, who provided both financial support and artistic inspiration.
- Medicean Florence
Examples
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Many Medicean supporters contributed to the cultural flourishing that defined Florence during the Renaissance.
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Not until Galileo had found a fourth moon could he announce his discovery of the "Medicean Stars."
Academic text (1995) -
A historiographical mugging, in other words, takes place, not alien to certain political practices of the Medicean regime.
Academic text (2015) -
The marble busts and Lorenzo's famous bronze horse head had once served as models for artists coming of age in Medicean Florence.
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As might be expected, explicit citation and subtle allusion to the Suetonius topos have been widely noted in Medicean circles.
Academic text (2015) -
The basilica of S. Lorenzo in Florence has long been considered a landmark of architectural history by dint of its Brunelleschian authorship, Medicean patronage, and seminal position as the first Renaissance church.
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The Medicean family played a crucial role in the political landscape of Renaissance Florence.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Medicean comes from the Italian family name Medici, which means 'doctors' and shares the root with medic. So a Medicean is 'a member of or supporter of the Medici', someone tied to that powerful family in Renaissance Florence.
