Analyzing The Documentary The Medici, Godfathers Of The Renaissance

This documentary The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance was between 1300 and 1600, where the Western world dramatically changed. It was “The Renaissance” also known as “rebirth” of Europe-Roman classical. In the city of Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule the Europe in many ways. They impacted religion, art, politics, science and architecture over the time the cultural changed.

The Birth of a Dynasty, where a continent was torn apart by war, plagues and dominated by Catholic Church. The town/cities, where the merchants and entrepreneurs sensed their world was changing. The hunger for wealth increased as the trade was increasing and enlightenment develops. As the world was changing, they no longer neglected art, philosophy and

The elder de Medici, who values loyalty, not just profits and builds his social network of friends. His knowledge of financial caution and salesmanship, he had risen in his community. As Giovanni dies, a feud launches between the Albizzi family and Medic heirs. Cosimo de’Medici got arrested and accused of treason by the Albizzi. He bribes his way out of jail and Medici are banished and Albizzi triumph and the work on the dome is stopped. Business in Florence isn’t doing well with the Albizzi family in charged. The Pope secures Cosimo return to Florence and gets his positions as unofficial leader. Cosimo used art to gain power and created art market. A taste for art and an eye for talent, Cosimo had the finest craftsmen of his age. He had magnificent work from Donatello, Lippi, Michelozzo and Gozzoli.

A 17-year-old Lorenzo de’Medici became heir to the dynasty because he saved his family from coup d’etat. The grandson of Cosimo, known as the Magnificent open art to the public. He funded art school, which fostered the talent of Michelangelo and supported Da Vinci and works of Botticelli. In Botticelli’s work, the artist painted member of the Medici family as the kneeling wise men. He had little interest in the family banking business, used the family connection to ensure his power and