Back by popular demand, both the YouTube link and all questions from our latest film study posted on the blog below:
The Medici became the ruling family of what Italian City-State?
We talked about the Renaissance being a .
I am looking for one word.
How did the Medici family make their money?
As the 15th Century came to Europe people began to look for lost secrets from the ancient civilizations.
· What two civilizations were they trying to find manuscripts and scrolls from?
· Where were most of these ancient manuscripts kept and why?
Define Papacy.
Why would the Medici decide to financially support a pirate in hopes he would become the Pope?
What was Florence’s humiliating failure?
Who did the Medici hire to fix the cathedral?
Brunelleschi would spark across Europe?
Brunelleschi got his ideas and knowledge from where?
What sorts of things did ruling families try and do?
What type of dome does Brunelleschi hope to build?
Where did Brunelleschi seek inspiration?
Why did Giovanni Medici ride a mule?
What advice did he give Cosomo before his death?
When Giovanni dies what happens in Florence?
Why did Cosomo transfer the majority of his wealth outside of the city?
What eventually happens to Cosomo Medici?
After the Medici family leaves Florence what happens to the city?
Agents of who eventually come to Florence to help the Medici?
Who is offered control of Florence?
How does Cosimo enact revenge once back in Florence? Why do you think he chooses this way?
How does Cosimo transform wealth into prestige and power?
What is Patronage?
Why did the artist need the Patron?
Cosimo understood you get better work out of people if you do what?
What does Brunelleschi create that would radically transform art?
What is Donatello’s “David” revolutionary?
Upon Cosimo’s death the City of Florence declares him?
Does the term Godfather of the Renaissance fit in reference to Cosimo? Why or why not?
