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The Greatest Snowman Ever?
The ruler of Florence, Piero de’ Medici, ordered Michelangelo to make a snowman in the courtyard of his palace. He is usually censured for that and the snowman is cited as the supreme example of a patron’s abuse of an … Continue reading
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