Bronzino in 1545. Historians debate whether the portrait illustrates her status and the fact she gave birth to many children. Yet‚ Eleanor brought important family connections from the Spanish which expanded the Medici power. She became a patron through her wealth while shaping the power of the Medici family. Eleanor did not go without criticism from the Florentines. The importance of this essay is to address the dislike the Florentines had against her‚ the role she played in politics‚
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learn poetry‚ history and politics. That these should not be only learned for their own sake‚ but also to improve oneself. That to only do the necessary to go to heaven was not enough‚ they had to do their very best in their every day lives. Cosimo de´Medici along with supervisor Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola founded the Florentine Platonic Academy‚ which was actually not a formal school‚ but an informal gathering of Florentine humanist. There they worked to revive the works of Plato‚
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the hero‚ and the way he is depicted‚ changed the way sculpture was made in the Renaissance and in later art. In this essay‚ I will explain the historical context in which Michelangelo lived and what circumstances led to the making of one of his most famous sculptures‚ David. I will then go on to analyse the statue and how it was different from previous versions. To finish‚ I will talk about the influence this sculpture has had in later artists‚ and why it is considered a masterpiece. At the time
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This following three page essay is about merchants. I will be describing of how merchants affected the Renaissance‚what merchants did‚ what merchants sold. And so on. The merchants in the renaissance really helped out because there were a lot of them and they were all over the place. There were many items that merchants sold during the renaissance. A lot of the merchants sold different I items. A lot of merchants sold same items. And some merchants sold very different items. The items that almost
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entered into the rooms. (p. 9) “When we entered I found myself in a bright‚ airy‚ but unadorned room. It was filled with tables‚ and the surface of every one of them was covered in books” There were dozens of hand-copied books‚ one manuscript‚ for example‚ was one thousand years old. Her father got to have those books and manuscripts because he worked for the Florentine historian and scholar: Poggio Bracciolini who also worked for Cosimo de Medici. Cosimo wanted his people to know the ancient Greek
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the Roman Catholic Church. This failure contributed the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. (1417) Portugal’s Prince Henry the navigator established a school of seamanship and navigation in 1419. He was a son of Portugal’s King John I. During his reign the Portuguese explored the Madeira Islands and discovered the Cape Verde islands. (1419) Charles VI ruled France for forty two years. In 1388‚ Charles declared himself sole ruler. Four years later‚ he experienced his first bought
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The renaissance began around the mid fourteenth century. It was a time of awakening for Europe‚ which is why it was called a “re-birth”. I agree that the renaissance was unmatched to any other time in world history with its political and economic upheaval. Many things changed like their politics‚ economy‚ and the social changes they had. Politics was a factor that changed during the renaissance. An example of change was the separation of christianity from politics. They wanted a separation from
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look at the portrait of the late Duchess‚ the Duke describes her happy‚ cheerful and flirtatious nature‚ which had displeased him. He says‚ "She had a heart -- how shall I say? -- too soon made glad..." He goes on to say that his complaint of her was that "’twas not her husband’s presence only" that made her happy. Eventually‚ "I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together." He now keeps her painting hidden behind a curtain that only he is allowed to draw back‚ meaning that now she only smiles
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reflect a representation of the Florentine government at the time of their creation. Although the actual date of the sculpting of Donatello’s David is unknown‚ a rough estimate claims for it to be around 1420s to 1460s. Originally showcased in the Medici Palazzo‚ Donatello’s bronze statue David‚ seen in Figure 1‚ shows a young boy standing in his glory. A closer inspection of the face points out certain details that suggest a larger claim. David’s smile‚ as shown in Figure 2‚ is the most striking
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This comes into context through Machiavelli’s political background‚ as he had worked for the government‚ and later dedicated The Prince to Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ the ruler of Florence. The Medici family had a longstanding succession of rulers‚ with Lorenzo coming into rule in 1469‚ with the majority support from
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