La Giostra di Giuliano de Medici... Author: Angelo Poliziano (Italian, Montepulciano 1454-1494 Florence). Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 3/8 in. (19.3 x 13.9 x 1 cm). Printer: Antonio Tubini (Italian, active Florence, ca. 1500-1518); Andrea Ghirlandi (Italian, active Florence ca. 1500-1518). Published in: Florence. Publisher: Lorenzo de Alopa. Date: ca. 1495-1500.The humanist scholar Politian, a protégé of Lorenzo de' Medici, was a leader in the use of the Tuscan dialect in poetry. His most famous poem, composed to commemorate the joust in 1475 of Lorenzo's brother Giuliano, is, among other things, a compendium of mythological tales drawn from Ovid and other sources. Politian provides a vivid description of the garden of Venus, where the little brothers of Cupid--those who concern themselves with the love affairs of ordinary people--sharpen their arrows on whetstones and cause even the fish to fall in love. A possible inspiration for many mythological images is the poet's account of the

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La Giostra di Giuliano de Medici... Author: Angelo Poliziano (Italian, Montepulciano 1454-1494 Florence). Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 3/8 in. (19.3 x 13.9 x 1 cm). Printer: Antonio Tubini (Italian, active Florence, ca. 1500-1518); Andrea Ghirlandi (Italian, active Florence ca. 1500-1518). Published in: Florence. Publisher: Lorenzo de Alopa. Date: ca. 1495-1500.The humanist scholar Politian, a protégé of Lorenzo de' Medici, was a leader in the use of the Tuscan dialect in poetry. His most famous poem, composed to commemorate the joust in 1475 of Lorenzo's brother Giuliano, is, among other things, a compendium of mythological tales drawn from Ovid and other sources. Politian provides a vivid description of the garden of Venus, where the little brothers of Cupid--those who concern themselves with the love affairs of ordinary people--sharpen their arrows on whetstones and cause even the fish to fall in love. A possible inspiration for many mythological images is the poet's account of the

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