Final Exam Study Guide Cosimo d’Medici- ruled Florence during the Renaissance from behind the scenes; very wealthy; political dynasty based on his family; backed architect for the dome on Basilica of St. Mary of the Flower Vasco da Gama- 1400/1500’s; Portuguese explorer; one of the most successful in the age of exploration and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India; discovered a route to India around the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa Caliban-
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endeavor was from the pope. At that time Florence’s state religion was Catholicism therefore everyone had to pay tithes to the church‚ almost like a tax. The family who received the opportunity to do the banking for all of this money was the Medici family. The Medici family made money from this because they would take large sums of money and lend them to people who would then pay interest on that money. Making people pay interest on loans was illegal at the time but it was hidden in bills of exchange
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The Stibbert museum was originally the collection of Frederick Stibbert located inside his private residence in Montughi near the Florence country side. Stibbert used his large inheritance to peruse a passion for collecting‚ acquiring a variety of objects such as armor‚ swords and art from across the world including Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and Japan. Following his death in 1906‚ Stibbert bequeathed his house to the municipality of Florence where the collection was made open to the public for future
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I chose to look at Portrait of Isabella de’ Medici (Portrait of a Lady) for my formal analysis. It is thought to be from 1550-1565 and the artist is unknown. It is an oil painting on canvas in the NC Museum of Art. While viewing the photo there‚ I noticed the sharp contrast of light in the paining that is used to direct the eye to follow the lines at work‚ as well as the textures that play a part of the painting. The material is also important to the texture and contrast because the oil paint allowed
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Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi aka Sandro Botticelli March 1‚ 1445 - May 17‚ 1510 Alessandro Filipepi‚ better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance or Quattrocento. Sandro was born at Florence in 1445 in a house in the Via Nueva‚ Borg’ Ognissanti. This was the home of his father‚ Mariano di Vanni dei Filipepi‚ a struggling tanner. Sandro‚ the youngest child‚ derived the name Botticelli by which he was
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of the Medici family‚ one of the most powerful families in Florence‚ Italy. He left Florence in 1480 to help decorate the Sistine Chapel in Rome with some of his art which only the most famous painters of that time were invited to do. In 1482‚ Botticelli returned to Florence and shortly after painted the Birth of Venus (Angelis‚ 4). PART III - ANALYSIS OF THE SITE AND ART OBJECT A. Even though I would love to visit and view the Birth of Venus in
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Humanism and the Renaissance Founded on the ideals of Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarca during the late fourteenth century‚ Renaissance humanism centered itself on humanity ’s potential for achievement. Although God is credited for creating the universe‚ human beings are the ones credited for developing and sustaining it. The shift was away from understanding the world through faith and towards a broader intellectual and scientific understanding of it. A humanist‚ in this context‚ was
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Lorenzo de Medici: The “Magnificent” Ruler The Medici family controlled Florence throughout most of the Italian Renaissance. After the death of Pier de Medici‚ Lorenzo ’s father‚ Lorenzo took control of Florence and ruled for almost twenty-five years. Lorenzo de Medici had a great impact on the Italian Renaissance and was a force that changed history. Some ways through which he impacted history were as a patron of the arts‚ a Florentine statesman‚ and a benevolent ruler. Lorenzo de Medici was born
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prominent Renaissance artists before he moved on to study in Rome. It was in Rome that he was exposed to the works of his idols‚ Raphael and Michelangelo and it was also in Rome that he completed many of his major works while under the patronage of the Medici family back in Florence. Throughout his life he was back and forth between the two cities‚ and to this day all of his remaining works can be found in these locations.
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The Medici family controlled the city of Florence during the Renaissance and was part of the common themes theory. The Medici’s were merchants and bankers. This control of a select group of people who wielded commercial power and wealth inevitably led to domination by the wealthiest of the group. They were not completely perfect though‚ they had the problem of expanding of the banks at a rapid pace. Overall‚ they were major contributors to the growth of the Renaissance throughout their patronage
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