Complex sentence: This is not to say Lanci was a man lacking in sophistication, one of his more surprising talents was designing some of the sets for the lavish theatrical and dramatical performances for which the Medici court was famed.
Split into simpler sentences: This is not to say Lanci was a man lacking in sophistication. One of his more surprising talents was designing some of the sets for the lavish theatrical and dramatical performances for which the Medici court was famed.