#in theory i should probably also read lorenzo's writings to really pin down a specific kind of vibe linking all this together

[brother-emperors]

if you've ever wondered how long something can sit in my WIP folder, this one is probably the idea I've been kicking around the longest

so. you see. what happened was.

last year I was reading about socratic dialogues in the renaissance right. only at one point, I got it confused with platonic discussions, and when you start reading about platonic discussions of love, you run into marsilio ficino, and I just kind of. stayed there until I ran out of books to read, and finally decided to finish this up!

Plato's Persona: Marsilio Ficino, Renaissance Humanism, and Platonic Traditions, Denis J. J. Robinchaud

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost

#im going to have to do another ficino illustration tho bc the orpheus thing that both poliziano and lorenzo de' medici have to #say about him is like. okay! okay. loving the implications here fellas #....actually maybe two more ficino illustrations. we'll see. i want to get back to the sforzas #in theory i should probably also read lorenzo's writings to really pin down a specific kind of vibe linking all this together #however. i am locked out of reading an english translation of it. so i will simply invent the vibe until then #italian renaissance tag #drawing tag #anyway vibes aside i love it when the italian renaissance guys write letters. the way people are about cicero and atticus is me #about basically any renaissance letter writing pair