Dear Lorenzo Medici,
I Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, will love to take the opportunity to work with you for this offering you are having. I have constructed so many beautiful buildings you will like. Some of the buildings I have constructed are; St. Peter’s Basilica, Palazzo Farnese, Villa Madame, San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Palazzo Baldassini,Fortezza da Basso, Cappella Paolina, Palazzo Sacchetti, Santo Spirito in Sassia and Santo Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli . You are probably wondering why I want to work with you , well the reason I would like to work with you is because you are giving out a huge offer or opportunity to work for your Villa and I am so interested in your job offering. I think my buildings will work just right for your new Villa. They
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I am also known as Antonio da San Gallo , the most active Italian architect during the Renaissance. I was born in Florence and became one of the most distinguished architect of the High Renaissance in Rome. I learned my architecture learning at one of the most famous workshop , which was the Florentine workshop. The Florentine workshop is runned by my uncles Giuliano and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. I followed my uncles to Rome to have a good career in architecture. I will love to tell you about the amazing buildings I want to work with you for your new Villa. One of my famous buildings is called St. Peter’s Basilica , which I also call it the New St. Peter’s Basilica. My church is known for one of the largest churches in the world. It was built on the Vatican Hill right across the Tiber river from the historic center of Rome. I had started constructioning this church in April 18, 1506 and it was completed on November 18, 1626. I had renewed this church so many times so I can make it so much better than the other one’s they had before , which was the Old St. Peter’s Basilica. At first my church was too small and it didn’t really catch anyone's attention so , I decided to make
the heavens.” Therefore, it can be concluded that Botticelli inspired by the poets and poetry that surrounded him, and the fact that young Lorenzo had just purchased a rural farm, used the rustic roman calendar as a basis for the compositional layout of “La Primavera.” In August of 1481, Lorenzo the Magnificent arranged for the marriage of the younger Lorenzo to Semiramide Appiani, whose family would have provided the Medici’s with much needed economic and military support as well as sealing their
Lorenzo de Medici is one of the most important figures in the history of Italy. He lived and reigned during the golden age of the Renaissance in Florence in the late fifteenth century. Although not from a royal family or appointed to the throne, he held much political power as the ruler of Florence. Unlike the rulers of his day, he was among the few to directly immerse in the arts by commissioning works with some of the artists that led one of the most important eras in the world: the Italian Renaissance
The first well-known name of the Medici family in Italian Renaissance Age is Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (1421-1463), also known as Cosimo the Elder (il Vecchio). His father, Giovanni di Bicci (1360-1429) started the family business as a great banker. 5 Having watched and learned the business world since very little, Cosimo successfully inherited the family business. Adding on his own talent, Cosimo expanded the Medici banking empire throughout Europe. He launched branches in London, Bruges, Lyon
The Medici appeared as the first important bourgeoisie family, which supported the artists, writers and philosophers, in the history. However, we cannot consider the Medici as another ordinary bourgeoisies lived at the same time with them because their fortune and political power could not be compared with other bankers, merchants and higher classes of the society. The beginning of their dynasty accelerated the Italian Renaissance, especially in Florence. During the reign of Cosmo and Lorenzo de’
Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. As a child, he studied grammar under Francesco da Urbino. Uninterested in education, in 1488, he was apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio in the painter’s workshop of Florence. In 1489, Lorenzo de’ Medici, ruler of Florence, requested G...
foreigners. The prince was Machiavelli's practical guide to Lorenzo Di Medici to act in this environment. In the final chapter of the prince, Machiavelli calls for an end to this choas, by suggesting Italy stand together with an army of their own against foreign invaders. Machiavelli wrote The Prince to help Lorenzo the Magnificent Di Medici to stay in power. He also wrote it to get back an advisory position in the Medici government. Unfortunately, Lorenzo did not agree with the suggestions in the book, so
with necessities to live. Some of these were well known artists such as Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. Because of the Medici family Florence became known as the cultural center of Europe and cradle of New Humanism. For a century they maintained total authority in Florence behind the popular forms of a republic. During the first economic Golden Age the Fugger and Medici families proved to have major monetary and political influence. Though both did have some negative impacts on the ecclesiastical
EFFECT OF THE NEW DIVERSITY IN PATRONS HAVE ON ARTS IN THE 15 – 18 CENTURIES (RENAISSANCE ERA) Beck (2000) classified the renaissance period as the period covering 1400 – 1600 and stated that though a number of scholars disagree on these dates. He noted that renaissance literally means rebirth and that this period was marked by two major styles namely the revival of ancient Greek and Roman classical style and the secular life emphasis on humanism and individuality. The Renaissance period can also
In late 1513 and early 1514, during a time of extreme political uproar in Florence, Italy, Nicolò Machiavelli wrote the very famous political tract, or handbook as many call it, known as The Prince, to Lorenzo de’ Medici as a guide to help him stay in power. Although Lorenzo protested many of Machiavelli’s recommendations, the now published “book” represents themes such as war craft, virtue, free will, human nature, and goodwill, and to this day remains an epic classic without a disbelieve. Machiavelli’s
This is not about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Between Leonardo (1452-1519) and Raphael (1483-1520) . This is “father and master of all the arts”. The “renaissance man”. A synonym to the “best of the Italian renaissance. The sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. This is the influence of Raphael. Competitor of Leonardo da Vinci. Son of Leonardo di Buonarrota Simoni and Francesca Neri. Brother to five. This is about Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. The thing about Michelangelo is
The Pope serves as the leading bishop of Rome and the head of the Roman Catholic Church. This role involves dealing with both spiritual and civil matters and can show great power and influence. The reign of Pope Sixtus IV, a 13-year-period, focused mainly on Italian politics and the renovation of the Papacy and Rome, showing his civil power, while he was not heavily involved with spiritual matters. Pope Sixtus IV’s original name was Francesco della Rovere. He was born on July 21, 1414
bay of All Saints, remained there two months, then ran 260 leagues farther south, where he built a fort, somewhere near Cape Frio, and, leaving a colony there, returned to Lisbon in June, 1504. Early in 1505 he obtained from King Ferdinand of Spain letters of naturalization, and on 22 March, 1508, was appointed pilot-major of the kingdom, an office that he held until his death, taking charge of the preparation of a general description of coasts and accounts of new discoveries, and also superintending
The word Machiavelli is so associated tyranny, fear, cruelty and an unwillingness to even contemplate morality that even one who is unfamiliar with his writings associates the word Machiavelli with villainy and immoral actions. In this essay however, it will be seen that Niccolò Machiavelli does indeed pay attention to the political demands of morality. On one hand, Machiavelli recognizes the appearance of benevolence in a political leader as a fundamental quality which they must possess in order
without being proven, might have been geared specifically for the depiction and purpose of instilling humanistic ideals. That is, a cousin to the Medici family Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco, who was a patron of Botticelli, received an exhortation from Ficino, which, in a way, asked him to submit to the charm of Venus who represented the Humanitas (33). If this letter from Ficino can be linked to Botticelli’s painting, it would mean his work was deliberately furthering ideals which contended the
Italy. Before he went on his world changing adventure of finding the Americas, he was a regular boy. In his youth, Vespucci spent a lot of time studying navigation and maps. When he was a teenager, he worked in the “banking firm of Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de’ Medici.” (worldbook online.) In 1491, Vespucci moved to Seville, Spain. When he moved there, he got connected to a company that worked on equipping ships for long trips. Amerigo made more than just the famous trip where he realized