RenascenceNFT is a collection of 4096 Free NFTs Inspired by Benozzo Gozzoli's Renaissance Masterpiece, [Journey of the Magi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benozzo_Gozzoli#/media/File:Gozzoli_magi.jpg), and the Ninth Free NFT drop by [Art101](https://opensea.io/art101.eth?tab=created).
Benozzo Gozzoli's [Journey of the Magi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benozzo_Gozzoli#/media/File:Gozzoli_magi.jpg) is the preeminent illustration of Medici Florence. A painting more famous than the painter himself, the fresco depicts a young [Lorenzo the Magnificent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici), supreme financier of the Renaissance, leading a procession of wise men.
Commissioned in the 1450s by [Cosimo de Medici](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_de%27_Medici) for the family's private chapel, it encapsulates the relationship between creator and patron.
One cannot exist without the other.
Whereas a few wealthy families financed and revolutionized traditional art, [NFT royalties](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2022/10/21/over-18b-in-royalties-have-been-paid-out-to-ethereum-based-nft-creators-galaxy-digital/) democratized and transformed the digital arts sparking a digital renaissance. A digital renaissance now in tumult as crypto plummets and creator fees come into question.
An ensuing uncertainty that has free NFT projects, including [Art101](https://opensea.io/art101.eth?tab=created), looking more and more like relics of a bygone era.
[cc0](https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/). 3200x3200 PNG @ 300 dpi.
