Cosimo de' Medici Essays

While Machiavelli advises a ruler to be feared by his people in order to best consolidate his power, I argue that the best way to live a political life depends largely on the circumstances: with different situations calling for the prince to employ different characteristics that would be most effective to each circumstance. Machiavelli’s call for vigilance and distrust may be valuable to a prince and the state he governs in some situations, but toxic in other situations, as it hurts the society he

The Medici family, otherwise called the House of Medici, emigrated to Florence from the Tuscan highland amid the 12th century. Through banking and trade, the Medici family came to be as one of, if not the most opulent families in Italy. Nonetheless, it wasn 't until the 13th-15th century that the Medici initiated converting their riches into political capital, making them the informal, yet undisputed, leaders of Florence. The family 's engrossment and advocacy in creative arts and humanities made

The Medici family were one of the most powerful families in the 15th century who essentially dominated over three generations and were able to uniquely gain and effectively maintain power in Florence. The Medici family, also known as the House of Medici, gained power in the earlier parts of the 15th century through their vast influence in the banking world and wide network of close ties. The Medici family’s success during the 15th century was primarily seen through the impact of these three generations:

Lorenzo de’ Medici was the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of the Renaissance. He was an italian statesman and a ruler of Florentine Republic. Throughout his lifetime he ruled most of Florence with his younger brother Giuliano from 1469-1478. Lorenzo De’ Medici was born on January 1st,1449 in Florence, Italy. He grew up to be average height and he had short legs. He had dark hair but his brother was described as handsome and outgoing, however Lorenzo was so full of dignity that no one

Dueling Visions of David: Donatello vs Michelangelo Name: Ayushi Gupta Id Number: 00067794 Page Break Dueling Vision of David: Donatello vs Michelangelo Two of Florence’s most celebrated sculptors Donatello and Michelangelo interpreted the same story of David in the two most novel and unusual way. Background Biblical story of David Political importance of David in Florence Donatello’s David Physical traits Height Material Process Visual description Interpretation and analysis What

explains to Lorenzo De Medici that a ruler must have the characteristics of a lion or a fox, and must be willing to break their word when it suits their purpose in order to be effective. I believe that Machiavelli is correct, a leader must be beast-like to be effective, and willing to break their word for the greater good. In the next few paragraphs I will discuss how a Prince must have traits that resemble a lion in order to be effective. Then I will relate this to Lorenzo De Medici, resembling the

Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, is a gift to Lorenzo de Medici, the future prince at the time. Machiavelli spent a very long time compiling information about the decisions rulers have made in the past to determine the best way to rule a kingdom. He took many examples from leaders like King Ferdinand, King Charles VIII, and Emperor Maximilian II. He used these examples to determine how a prince should act and what qualities they should have. According to Machiavelli's The Prince, the qualities a

History of the Statue/Narrative Story of the Content: Giambologna was commissioned to create a piece for the Loggia, or open-air gallery, by the Grand Duke Francesco de’ Medici in 1574. Giambologna's third major work, it is perceived to be one of the greatest sculptures ever. It represented the climax of his career as a figure sculptor, uniting three figures into a single spiral composition. The actual theme of the finished statue was not determined until shortly before its installation in the Loggia

Some men are just “normal”, not looking for power and wanting to live a normal life. That wasn’t Lorenzo de’ Medici, this was not a man that wanted little from the world, this was the real Don Corleone. He didn’t need to ask, he could just take. He was someone to be feared and even his enemies would not move against him and hope to live and those that did move against them would fail to eliminate him, neither the Pazzi’s or Ferdinand I had the ability to defeat him. He while he was a sort of Stateman

Spillane Ms. Martland History 9 11 May 2023 Lorenzo de’ Medici: His Role in the Renaissance The Medici Family was a prominent Florentine family that ruled much of Florence from the 15th century to the 18th century, and the family gained much of their power and wealth from commerce and banking. Lorenzo de’ Medici was one of the most influential members of this family, who was most influential during the mid to late 15th century. Lorenzo de’ Medici was influential because of his political stance in

Public ritual in Renaissance Florence involved many actors and took many forms.1 Rituals could be civic rituals performed by the citizens of the city, or be primarily concerned with one family or group of people, whilst being displayed and made available to the public.2 Some rituals were popular rituals were anyone could participate. Public rituals had various purposes, the most important ones being reproducing hierarchies which conditioned the organisation of power within the Florentine polity,

patronage of the Medici family play in creating the conditions for the Florentine Renaissance? What kind of a leadership role did they play? The Medici family of Florence, Italy played a very important role in shaping and creating the conditions for the Florentine Renaissance to take place. The family had a great gift for business, and obtained their wealth through their successful and respected bank, which had been passed down from generation to generation since its creation in 1397. The Medici family had

The letter of Domenico Venetian implies apparent elitism and classism. The manner in which Domenico exalts Piero di Cosimo de’ Medici, and by contrast refer to himself self abasingly (Davies et al 534.). For example, Domenico starts the letter saying “To the honorable and generous Man Piero di Cosimo de’ Medici of Florence” (Davies et al 534), or says “considering that my low condition does not deserve to write to your nobility, only in the perfect and good love (534). Domenico reveres this patron

Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy on May 3, 1469. Machiavelli was one of the most contentious political philosophers of his time. Machiavelli was employed as a "Florentine secretary" and during that time, Machiavelli started to notice the power that one person had over an entire country. In 1513 Machiavelli wrote his most well-known works “The Prince,” in which Machiavelli voices his political concepts of ruling a country. “The Prince,” explains the political struggles of being ruled

Visual Analysis Renaissance Portraiture della Francesca,P. (c.1472-74) Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza. This portrait is supposedly a commemorative portrait in commemoration of Battista Sforza the Duke’s second wife ,it was a very privileged thing to have an image of yourself and this portrays the Montefeltro wealth as the ‘Montefeltro family in Urbino was Piero's most generous patron towards the mid 15th century’ . Further the Duke was not an average Duke but also a professional

wealth allowed citizens at patronize art. Among the largest of these art patrons were the Medici family family of Florence. The Medici’s were a powerful and politically involved family of extreme wealth. The family used their political and finical power to fund art through Italy. They held this power for the majority of the time from the 13th century until the 18th although the bulk of the family’s came with Cosimo the Elder in 1434. Through the years the family

The Medici family can be considered a turning point in history because of their significant contributions that affected Italy and many other parts of Europe. Prior to the Medici family, Florence was experiencing what is known as the Renaissance period. This was a period of rebirth however, Florence had many economic and political struggles. During the Medici family's rule, they continued to assist in the push of education and art during the Renaissance. They made many contributions to the economy

utilized in the decision making process. Brucker presents an account of a marriage agreement that took place according to Lusanna, but Giovanni denied those claims. The city of Florence was ruled by the Medici family for generations, which held an enormous amount of power beginning with Cosimo, who “dispensed favors to his allies, clients, and creatures in the form of offices, loans, remission

Rome in 1498, the cardinal Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas, a representative of the French King Charles VIII to the pope, commissioned "Pieta," a sculpture of Mary holding the dead Jesus across her lap[https://www.biography.com/]. Despite being in the employ of the Medici Pope Clement VII, Michelangelo backed the republican cause and was appointed director of the city’s fortifications. In 1527, the citizens of Michelangelo’s native Florence expelled the ruling Medici family and installed a republican government

Michelangelo Do you know what great artist do to their work to make it exquisite? Many people think it is how they paint with brushes, strokes, different colors, values, and depth but, I beg to differ. Yes, these are important qualities people should have in their paintings. Michelangelo paintings were very much different. Michelangelo Merisi was his formal name, he was born in Italy around 1571, but goes by Caravaggio (Web. Bio.). He is considered one of the fathers of modern paintings (Web. Bio