Cocktails with a Curator: Bertoldo's "Pazzi Conspiracy" Medal
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2020
- In this week’s episode of “Cocktails with a Curator,” join Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon as he discusses the Pazzi Conspiracy, an attack on Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother, Giuliano, in the cathedral of Florence on April 26, 1478. This important event in Florentine history was commemorated in a convention-busting medal by Bertoldo di Giovanni, a “familiare” (favorite) of the Medici household. This week’s complementary cocktail is the Cardinale, so named because its dark red color evokes a cardinal’s vestments.
To view this medal in detail, please visit our website: www.frick.org/pazziconspiracy
FEATURED COCKTAIL: Cardinale (gin, extra dry vermouth, Campari, ice); the mocktail is blood orange juice on the rocks. For the complete recipes, visit www.frick.org/cocktails-curator.
Great! thanks
Captivating! Who knew one could learn so much from a medal!! Thank you Xavier and The Frick Collection
Salomon presents yet another great story inspired by an objet d’art. This medal is not a piece I might peruse with interest normally, but now it has come alive.
I am not only and art lover, but a lover of history and I so love the history that goes with the pieces of art and the times they were made in. Thank you!
Yes, the context is so important. These talks add layers to our knowledge and that's partly what makes them thrilling for me.
Absolutely mesmerizing. I love Friday! I will never look at a medal the same way again in my life.
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Well said, very well said !
Interesting that Xavier chooses to start this lesson with a medal of Mehmet II. After the Pazzi Conspiracy failed, many were hunted down and killed (up to 80 people so this was Lorenzo not just getting revenge on assassins but also eliminating enemies on this pretext). One of them, Bandini dei Baroncelli, had escaped to Constantinople but was arrested and returned in fetters by the Sultan Mehmed II, and - still in Turkish clothing - was hanged from a window of the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo on 29 December 1479.
I was completely caught up in the history and the medal ! I had no idea that people collected these. Now I will have to research and see how many there are in the world and some of the history of medals in general. Thank you so much Dr. Salomon for sharing your knowledge. Can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this !!
Thank you for this evening's Cocktail with a Curator; I had no idea about the interesting world of medals.
I always enjoy these talks late on a Friday evening here in Merseyside, UK as they are so informative, well presented and relaxing.
Me also.
Thanks for the guiding Mr. Shalamon
Thank for these fabulous webinars!
Thank you from Rome, Italy.
The fastest twenty five minutes on CZcams.
The series " Medici" and this description of the medal commissioned ...#amazingbackstory
I arrived late to the party this week, but at least I arrived! And I found this episode particularly fascinating. Thank you, Xavier, for all of the details regarding the medal and the event which inspired it.
This series is my daily breakfast joy, rewatching my favorites. Thanks.
Fascinating story. Thanks
Bravissimo! This was great! I have read Lauro Martinez' book, "April Blood" and other works on this subject. This documentary on the medal adds more fascinating context and background. Thank you so much. Cheers! Complimenti!
Thank you from Dallas, Texas.
Always enjoy closing the week with your videos from the Frick Collection hosted by yourself or Aimee Ng. Wish you would feature the abstract red painting sometimes seen behind you in your own apartment, I'm fascinated by it.
Thank you Mr.Solomon and all of you in the Frick , So “Small” are the medals but actually so “big” , can’t wait for next Friday ,you all great!!
Thank you for this
I always appreciate the research put into these episodes. For me, this week's highlight was the connection to the Lucretia at the Gardner. Wonderful work. Grazie!
Love the Frick and this series. ❤ 🤍 💙 🧡 🖤. 🍸 🍹 🍸 🍹
Ready!
Good morning from Auckland NZ!
high drama, history and art, great combo, very well done
Fascinating! Thank you so much!
Another wonderful exploration !
Fascinating episode. Many thanks.
Wonderful. wish I could be involved with something like putting together a catalogue of these collections: what a pleasure and privilege that must be. Thank you.
Good evening from Derbyshire, UK
Good evening 😉
Cockburns's on an Autumn afternoon!
Does anyone know why on the medal the locations of the crimes are reversed? Since the account of the events have Lorenzo on the north side of the altar and Giuliano on the south, the depiction on the medal indicates the reverse.
Thank you from Victoria, Canada 🇨🇦