Lorenzo de' Medici & Girolamo Savonarola: Two Faces of the Italian Renaissance

Many extol Lorenzo de' Medici as the consummate Renaissance man and condemn Girolamo Savonarola as a freakish throwback to the worst of the Middle Ages. Yet the two Florentines were contemporaries - and enemies. And despite our love affair with Lorenzo, a good case can be made that Savonarola had a greater impact on art, politics, and history in the Renaissance.