15. Medici-Godfathers of the renaissance
when cosimo is arrested, what is common way of execution?
"flung" pushed out high window
how expansive did the medici bank become?
Barcelone-Bruges-Cairo (international, every parrish in europe-most profitable business in all of europe
what industry is the medici trying to establish?
banking
why are they a threat to the medici?
both parties can't win
what did the medici family want brunelleschi to do in florence?
build bank
who is a powerful friend of the medici?
captain of the city guard
how and what is cosimo's fate?
consent of people; guilty of treason
who are the albizzi family?
cosimo's rivals
what happened to florence after the medici family is exiled?
dome work abandoned, business halted (no bank)
where is Cosimo de Medici born?
florence
what does Baldassare Cossa do before becoming pope?
gets a loan from medici
what did the medici bank become known as?
god's bankers
how are the medici described?
greatest artists and thinkers (gallileo, michelangelo)
how does giovanna medici choose clients?
loyalty, friends of friends
what advice does Giovanni give to son Cosimo before he dies?
modesty; wait to be summoned
describe fighting between medici and albizzi families
nasty; bribery, intimidation
why does cosimo survive?
negotiation w enemies (paid a bribe to jailers)
what modern city compares w 1400 florence?
new york; major trading center, republic
how did cosimo control florence after his return?
plain and simple gestures (non-severe revenge). decides peace (king in all but name)
what engineering feat does brunelleschi accompish that helps him build the dome?
reversing a gear
which ancient civilization does brunelleschi turn to help him build the dome?
rome
explain basic concept of building the dome
sandstone rings held construction together like a barrel (inner dome)
who was filippo brunelleschi?
self taught genius obsessed w mysteries of ancient world
explain brunelleschi's egg demo
stand egg on end, it failed. break bottom, it stood (solution to dome)
why was getting the commission to build the dome in florence so impt for the medici?
stature
what illicit trade is beginning in the 15th century?
treasure in confines of the holy church
why was brunelleschi's style so different from his contemporaries?
unorthodox--had a temper