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‘Political and cultural leadership shifted from Florence to to Rome particularly because of a succession of powerful popes who wanted to develop the papacy as a secular power. The greatest of all was Julius II (1503-1513[ce]), who was likewise a fabulous patron of the arts. Almost all the leading Italian artists were attracted to Rome. With the exception of Giulio Romano, none of the important artists active in Rome at this time was Roman by birth.

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* – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 13:1000]

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