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Why Donatello’s famoly androgyno sculpture of “David” should be tepreted as a reflectn of gay culture Renaissance Florence." data-reactroot=" * gay renaissance artists *
Love letters and ntemporary acunts reveal some of the gay romanc that pdish historians would later fet, ignore, or actively nceal. The historil mors get famoly ed ( a very historilly accurate fashn) for homophobic propaganda Mel Gibson's Braveheart. A scholar who translated many of the words of the ancient Greeks -- an acceptg group when me to gay love -- Fico profsed a nnectn to the Greek thkers part bee he shared such a sire.
Leonardo Da Vci and Fravante di DomeniThe qutsential Renaissance man, Leonardo may have been his generatn's greatt artist and scientific md, but an age when he had to keep his homosexualy reprsed, many historians say he also lived a largely celibate existence. A brother to a rdal, Gonzaga seemed ls able to openly reveal his own sexualy but would serve as a gay pimp fdg rts for Areto.
Michelangelo and Tommaso i CavelieriAs the Renaissance's greatt sculptor, Michelangelo enjoyed enough power wh the Vatin that he did not need to hi his homosexual tennci.
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The greatt exceptn may be the erotic stature Victory, moled on Cavelieri, a lover also referenced Michelangelo's homoerotic poetry as his valry man, acrdg to historian Rictor Norton. La Boetie enjoyed a certa level of fame, achieved through polil disurs, when he met Montaigne around 1557 and the two would spend four years together, at which time the prcipl of civil disobedience matters of love beme stilled Montaigne, acrdg to Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon's Who's Who Gay and Lbian History.
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