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The most famous Bonfire of the Vanities took place on 7 February 1497 when followers of the priest Girolamo Savonarola collected and publicly burned thousands of objects in Florence , Italy , on the Shrove Tuesday festival. The focus of this destruction was on objects considered Sin ful, including Vanity items such as Mirror s, Cosmetics , fine dresses, and even musical instruments. Other targets included immoral books, manuscripts of secular songs, and pictures. Among the objects destroyed in this campaign were several original Painting s on classical Mythological subjects by Sandro Botticelli , who placed them in the bonfire himself. Such bonfires were not invented by Savoranola, however, and they were a common accompaniment to the outdoor sermons of San Berdardino Da Siena in the first half of the century. Tom Wolfe 's novel '' The Bonfire Of The Vanities '', published in 1987 , makes reference to the original event, but is not a retelling of the story. The event plays a part in Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason 's '' The Rule Of Four ''. It is the motivation for the writing of a Hypnerotomachia Poliphili in the novel. |
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