Thursday, May 6, 2010

Notes 4/6/10 West civ proj

Movie about Medici continued


  • major probelm for Brunaleski - vertacle and horazonlat brick work to keep dome from falling

  • Brunaleski laid some of the bricks and inspected them

  • in 1436 - dome was completed (great achienvment)

  • greatest achetectual feat in western world

  • used more than 4 million bricks

  • council of florence - celebration of dome and art

  • brought together more artist and thinkers than ever befor

  • Cosimo invited people from all over the continent (godfather for people of florence)

  • Cosimo causious eventhough he brought the city back

  • he baptized and buried ason and grand some

  • declaired father of the father land after his death

Part II

  • by mid 15th century the Medici had begun the renaisance
  • Lorizo de megnifico
  • rival families wanted to take contol of the city
  • Juliano and Lorenzo heirs to Medici dinesti
  • Assisins wanted to kill the boss
  • Medici generated hatred in citizen class
  • needed alies outside of Florence
  • maried dauter of a Roman baran to strenghan family
  • Florience was cultural factory were artists competed for work
  • Medici descovered new artist Sandri Botticelli
  • Botticelli painted nativity with medici and himself in it
  • Lorenzo's father died and he was given control
  • he doen't want to be the leader (most powerful man in florence)
  • Lorenzo knows that the mases can change things, he offered help to those in Florence
  • network of metual favors spead across tuskani
  • Medici had fresco in palace with the family and friend as part of biblical maji prossesion
  • Lorenzo brought up a scholar
  • World dominated by secular freedom
  • Botticelli under protection of Medici
  • createed new type of art (the spring) pure fanticy inspired by poetry and fueled by imagination
  • expression of new golden age
  • Pazzi new banking family /2nd richest family that is older and more noble
  • Pazzi marjinalized and try to totaly aliminate medici rivals
  • Church in deapt to Medici so they suported patzi
  • Lorenzo and his brother needed to be elininiated
  • people of florence gather for holy celibration
  • both men in cathedral so they were going to be killed
  • Juliano stabed 19 times but lorenzo couldent be found
  • medici supporters in sourch rage that plan was foiled
  • supporters of medici exacted revnge
  • Pope ordered elimination of medici
  • 1479 arrives in naples and deal struck
  • enemie troops called off and florence saved from distruction
  • Lorenzo hailed the magnificent by people
  • worked to protect medici and be adopted son of his brother
  • all ledgislation under his controle
  • commisoned work from a studio owed by Verrocio
  • Lorenzo found Leonardio Da Vinci and his talent couldn't be ignored
  • Vinci used new oils and reflected detail of natural world
  • Botticelli took his new style to extreams (birth of Venus)
  • best known for pegan mythologies
  • A monk (Salmonarora) looked down on all un religious art focused of lorenzo as creater of all Italy's sin
  • 1487 lorenzo's wife died from TB
  • 1488 established art shcool with his sculptures to study
  • Michaleangilo was descovered and Lorenzo helped him /given room in his palace

people discused in movie



  • medici ruled in florence throughout the Renesance

  • Florence lead by wealthy families in city

  • smaller city in rome

  • powerfull in lae 14th century (had a powerfull bank backed by the pope/pope going to make medici pank the papal bank)

  • Pope most powerfull person

  • Giovanni ws the one who started the bank

  • his son Cosimo had the dome of the florence cathedral built (largest covered domed area in all of the world)

  • Cosimo son was

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