Cosimo De Medici: Godfathers Of The Renaissance

In Florence 1389, a boy is baptized, he was not of noble birth. He was the son of a local merchant. His name was Cosimo De Medici. According to the book “Culture & Values: A survey of the Humanities” by Lawrence S. Cunningham, John J. Reich, and Louis Fichner-Rathus, “ Cosimo de’ Medici (de facto ruler of Florence from 1434 to 1464) was an astute banker and a cultivated man of letters” (382). From humble beginnings, his dynasty would seek for power and influence and not stop until they secured the papacy itself. This was a world where power came at a price in three: murder, assassination, and war. However, the city of Florence was also home of creativity and for the greater glory of the family. The Medici would protect and pay for the greatest artists and thinkers of that age, Michael Angelo, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Leonardo, Galileo. An expression of ideas that will shutter the medieval world and resonate for centuries with a single word, renaissance –rebirth-. Behind it, there is still The Medici, the godfathers of the Renaissance.
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The church authorities were desperate offering a massive cash prize for solution. Brunelleschi’s model showed the largest unsupported dome. However, he was fearful that his idea would be stolen, so he wrote his calculations in code and refuse to explain the details of his plan. Thus, the cathedral authorities demanded some kind of demonstration before they could award the prize. So, Brunelleschi challenged them to stand an egg on its end, when they failed, Brunelleschi broke the bottom of the egg and it stood up. The main complaint was that the solution was so obvious. Brunelleschi protested because of course, the solution for the dome was simple. Thus, the commission for the dome was his. For inspiration, Brunelleschi turn to the greatest civilization of the ancient world,