Monday, May 10, 2010

Notes 5/10/10 west civ proj

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  • Lorenzo survived assasination
  • he becomes most powerful man in florence /takes control of government
  • Leonardo Da Vinci was a very skilled artist/refelcted detail of natural world
  • Biticelli to style to new extreams ( birth of vinice/celibration of human desire)
  • he was best known for pegan mythologies
  • savonarola - dominican monk aposed lorenzo
  • took a dim view of anything not religious art
  • july 29 1487 clrichan - loenzo's wife died of TB at 34
  • found solace in art 1488 established 1st clasical art school
  • Michael angelo at 13 found in art school by lorenzo/given room at medici palace
  • grew up with lorenzo's 7 children
  • Michael angelo aplied himself to religious subjects but drawn to classical ledgends
  • political and funancial breaking point
  • Florence reached new heights of culture but not tight grip on medici bank
  • Families network falling apart
  • more people asking for favors then being given
  • lorenzo fell ill
  • at 16 jovano de medici was a cardnel (cost lorenzo fortune
  • lorenzo was dying and called savonarola to death bed
  • he damed lorenzo
  • at 43 lorenzo died and feared eternal damnation
  • savonarola took chance to change city
  • artists then embraced christianity
  • prositiuted beaten and homosexuals burned
  • no makeup alowed to be worn
  • Savonarola enforced this with ganges of people on the street
  • massive burning of things part of lorenzo's renesance
  • boticelli hurled his own paintings inot flames
  • called bond fire of the vanities

England notes

  • King henry askes pope for a devorce because his wife can't produce an heir
  • he splits from the church
  • Elizebeth I 1559 took thrown
  • perfected art of deplomacy
  • she was daugter of hink henry VIII and ann bloine (2nd wife)
  • elizebeth sent to hathfield at seperat residence for her to grow up
  • mary was older child of prevos wife/disagreaments between parents
  • only lawfull ares are now daugters of Anne
  • Plaut hatched to despose of her
  • Elizebeth considered basterd like her sister
  • elezebeth very secretive, proud, intelegent
  • Jane gave henry his son but died when he was born
  • elizebeth given all the education that brother edward got
  • Elizebeth adored her father
  • henry aging rabidly, overweight and had blood claught in leg
  • Henry died 1547 and edward ruled with council at 10
  • elizebeth stayed with cathren par
  • Semore wanted to mary elizebeth but rejected
  • he wanted to use elizibeth for power
  • Semore would romp in bed with elizebeth
  • emotianaly damaged
  • cathoren par died from child birth and semore then went after elizebeth
  • Semore exicuted
  • Semore scandal ended and she could visit Edward (not catholic)
  • elizebeth dresses in fancy clothingEdward died and struggle for throne
  • Mary took throne
  • elizebeth runing own houshold / loved to be out in open air
  • Mary tried to make england catholic and tried to marry philip of spain
  • rebels tred to get elizedeth to thrown 1554
  • put in tower of london for a few months
  • mary met with elizebeth
  • philip returned to spain
  • in 1557 campain against french desaster
  • mary alowed elizedeth to be queen with death
  • elezebeth new monarch at 25 in 1558
  • she had quick temper

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