15. Medici-Godfathers of the renaissance

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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


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