Cosimo Matassa

today. Under the leadership of Cosimo, the bank flourished. New branches were built all over Europe, spreading the Medici influence and wealth all throughout Europe. Cosimo built several manufacturing plants that produced wool and silk. This provided jobs for the Florentine people and more income for the bank. Besides his actions in the bank, Cosimo was charitable man who used his vast amount of wealth to help the people of Florence both economically and artistically. Cosimo commissioned…

Duke of Florence. In 1537 Alessandro is murdered, his death causes the leadership of the family to be transferred to Cosimo I who ascended the throne that same year at the age of 18. Cosimo I was not descendant of Cosimo il Vecchio but from his brother. Cosimo I was highly cultured but politically ruthless and under his rule Tuscany became an absolutist nation state. Cosimo promoted the arts, the Tuscan economy, and Navy. He founded the Accademia della Crusca, the Accademia del Disegno,…

Donatello is a italian sculptor he was one of the greatest Florentine sculptor before Michelangelo.Also he was one of the very most intelligent and good learning individuals artist of the 15th century in Italy. In his childhood he was born in Florence,Italy, sometime in 1386. He had the nickname “Donatello”. He died in Florence at 80 years old on December 13,1466 AD cause of death is undetermined . He made a brave effort to fend Rocksteady and Bebop.He had help from…

silent rulers of their hometown after the realization that money does lead to power. The Medici became stronger as their bank grew all over Europe. They started to make their way into Rome and the Papacy where several Medici became cardinals and Popes. Cosimo de Medici was responsible for the start of the Humanism movement and the commission of several magnificent art pieces, all due to the Medici Bank and the immense wealth and power that they were able to gain from its success. The bank was…

“O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall.” With his allegorical writing style, Dante Alighieri revolutionized literature in the renaissance period with masterpieces such as Dante’s Inferno. Dante Alighieri was born on May 21, 1265 in Florence, Italy. He was born to a wealthier family and had a good education as he learn poetry, philosophy, and many other literature skills he used in his writing. From the outside, his life looked perfect though his mother…

The Renaissance lasted from the 14th to the 17th century (Frey 315). This period is known for its flourishing art, philosophy, and literature. During this time, there was a growing class of rich merchants who spent large amounts of money patronizing artists, the most famous of which are the Medici (Frey 315). Events like the Great Schism and the Reformation weakened the Catholic Church (Jensen 193) which had been the center of life in the Medieval era (Frey 31). The Medici Family had more…

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Although Saint Aloysius Gonzaga has passed, his influence, story, and legacy will not be forgotten. Aloysius Gonzaga was born on March 9th, 1568. He was born in Italy to a family of power. Throughout Gonzaga’s life he endured major sickness, a conversion to the Jesuits, and a death caused by disease. Saint Gonzaga’s legacy has been remembered to this day through the naming of numerous schools and a university (“Society of Jesus”). Although his life was cut short by…

The Renaissance was a period in Europe, from the 14th to the 17th century, which was widely regarded as a cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern times. It started as a cultural movement in Italy, and though this cultural movement of extravagant arts and political ideals many Italian city states and merchant families began to internally compete with each other in a cyclical trend of showman ship. This showmanship was intended to project the ideas of cultural superiority upon…

Florence was one of the five major city states that rose as a result of the “Dark Age” and black plague. After this, the guild system was rarely used and wealthy, powerful families began to rule (which in Florence was the Medici family). Florence played a major role in the Renaissance because it encouraged and promoted art and culture; it became the center for literature and art and supported those writers and artists affluently. Patrons were the largest supporters for scholars, writers, and…

In a time when ideology and convictions were shaped by the church, a new ideology was on the horizon that would begin the revolutionary transformation of the western world into what we know as the renaissance period. This new way of thought was brought about due to certain doctrines of the Catholic church that was viewed as uncanonical and dogmatic. The idealistic movement of Renaissance humanism’s spread throughout first Florence and then western Europe was greatly due to men with common…