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Florence, Italy. Type. Burning of objects condemned by authorities as occasions of sin. Theme. Supporters of Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects, such as cosmetics, art, and books. A bonfire of the vanities ( Italian: falò delle vanità) is a burning of objects condemned by religious ...
Jan 17, 2021 · Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar with extreme views. He arrived in Florence in 1490 at the request of the powerful Lorenzo de’ Medici. Savonarola proved to be a popular preacher. He spoke against the exploitation of the poor by the rich and powerful, corruption within the clergy, and the excesses of Renaissance Italy.
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On this day in 1497, a Dominican friar named Girolama Savonarola had a bonfire. What was lost? It was the 15th century, so it’s hard to know exactly, but “artworks, books, cosmetics, dresses...
Feb 7, 2017 · Piazza Savonarola in Florence. The most famous 'bonfire of the vanities' encouraged by the outspoken Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola took place in Florence on this day in 1497. Savonarola campaigned against what he considered to be the artistic and social excesses of the Renaissance, preaching with fanatical passion against any material ...
Girolamo Savonarola, OP (UK: / ˌ s æ v ɒ n ə ˈ r oʊ l ə /, US: / ˌ s æ v ə n-, s ə ˌ v ɒ n-/, Italian: [dʒiˈrɔːlamo savonaˈrɔːla]; 21 September 1452 – 23 May 1498) or Jerome Savonarola was an ascetic Dominican friar from Ferrara and a preacher active in Renaissance Florence.
Feb 2, 2024 · Carnival in Florence was a time of wantonness and riot; under Savonarola it became an orderly ritual of destruction, culminating on 7 February 1497 with what is remembered as the bonfire of the vanities. Piagnoni went door to door demanding the surrender of sinful objects.
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Feb 7, 2022 · On February 7, 1497, Florentine followers of Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola burned a bonfire of vanities. Supporters of Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in Florence , Italy, on the Mardi Gras festival.
