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A quick survey of the summer's blockbusters suggests there may be more redemptive violence mythologizing in the Transformers sequel Revenge of the Fallen (released June 24), and a slick and loud lionization of gangsters in Michael Mann's Public Enemies (July 1).
The questione della lingua and associated flood of histories express passionate patriotic commitment by ducal academies, and Cosimo's control of the Accademia del Disegno, its ethos, and the ambiguous lionization of Michelangelo are weighed.
Both fell victim to rapid success, lionization in the press and a kind of overweening pride that blinded them to dangers, Hayward writes.
 
 
 
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