Ada PalmerSometimes people ask me (as a historian of the period) about the super rich in Renaissance Florence, whether the art/culture/science boom was an example of trickle-down working. (A) Florence had a wealth tax, (B) its richest man Palla Strozzi had the equivalent of only $250 million. Want more Leonardos? Tax the Rich. 🎨🧑🎨🖌🎭🔭🖼📚📐🏛🎻💰
AlexxKay@adapalmer
Contra Florence, whenever you post a Something Beautiful from the d'Este estate, it makes me a little ill, thinking about how much wealth got sunk into art that, even today, is difficult to access, and largely only experienced by the wealthy.