Piero di Cosimo de' Medici

The Medici Many people consider the Medici to be the Godfathers of the Renaissance, but then again, many people do not.The Medici controlled the city of Florence all through the Renaissance. They had a large impact on the growth of the Italian Renaissance. They mainly helped through their patronage of the arts and humanism. In this essay readers will learn all about the Medici and how they gained their wealth and power, along with how they were beneficial to Florence. The Medici were very…

once forgotten after his death for many years, Piero Della Francesca, is now considered one of the key Early Renaissance artists. Piero Della Francesca had a big impact on the development of the Italian Renaissance because of the use of a variety of techniques that enabled him to produce realistic looking paintings. In 1416, Piero Della Francesca was born in a small town, Sansepolcro in Italy. Piero was the son of Benedetto de' Franceschi and Romana di Perino da Monterchi. Benedetto was a…

No family exemplifies this better than the Medici's of Florence. Essentially a wealthy Florentine banking family, their house and family contributed greatly to this Age of Enlightenment. Other that being admirers of the arts, what benefit could the Medici family gain from such patronage? Commissioning grand works of art held multiple benefits for the patron, it could enhance their family's status from a spiritual, and nobility…

If Michelangelo Buonarroti were to paint a picture of a Renaissance gentleman and painter, it would most likely look like himself. He grew up in a moderately wealthy family with him being an apprentice to a painter for the royal Medici family. His life was full of great artistic accomplishments, such as creating the sculpture David, the interior painting of the Sistine Chapel, and probably his most famous painting, The Last Judgement. The legacy that Michelangelo Buonarroti left behind for…

The Medici were representatives of early Renaissance patronage, however, the only ones. Lorenzo de Medici was a strong ruler of the Florentine Republic, and is known for is patronage of the arts during the early Renaissance. Cosimo de Medici learned how using the arts would help him to influence the people and help him gain power. Because of Cosimo money and power art and architecture in Florence was flourishing during the Florentine Renaissance. The Procession of the Magi is filled with the…

The Birth of Venus is a truly magnificent piece of artwork. It was painted around 1480 with tempera on canvas. This painting was the first large mythological painting since antiquity. Botticelli painted this during the Renaissance era. Here are excerpts from Stanze per la Giostra, by Angelo Poliziano, that are though to be what Botticelli painted his image about. “A young woman with nonhuman countenance, is carried on a conch shell, wafted to shore by playful zephyrs…the Hours (Goddess of the…

Medici During 13th Century Florence, the Medici Household gained power through different ways: political and wealth. They could attain this type of power through many achievements through market and banking influences. As they continued to grow both in strength and in numbers until they could obtain the papacy. To assure their protection and the protection of Florence they paid for some of the most brilliant artisans the world has ever seen: Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, and Galileo. These…

Antonio Barberini SR Antonio Barberini is the younger brother of Maffeo Barberini, who became pope in 1623. In 1624 he made a cardinal and spent the whole day in religious devotions in Rome and eventually became a secretary after being an Inquisitor in 1629 following the death of Gian Garzia Millini. Barberini “conducted the final phase of Galileo’s trial” and sought to dominate his order with illegal actions such as appointing “one of its friars as consultor to the Inquisition” forcefully. At…

St. Catherine of Siena was known as a Christian reformer and mystic who had a significant impact on the church. She is the patron of fire prevention. Her real name was Caterina Benincasa. She was born March 25, 13447 in Siena, Italy. Catherine was the daughter of Giacomo Benincasa. St. Catherine wrote a book called “Dialogue” which talks about the love of neighbours as an expression of love for God. Catherine received a vision of Jesus Christ when she was 6 and at the age of 16, she spent most…

have had the right to be arrogant. He was skilled in most forms of art, although he always thought of himself as a sculptor. For two years Michelangelo lived in the Medici household while working on the sculptural relief The Battle of the Centaurs (“Michelangelo Buonarti Biography”). Michelangelo also made many statues in the Medici household garden (“Michelangelo Buonarti Biography”). He was commissioned by Cardinal Raffaele Riario to make a statue of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. The…