The Medici and Florence

Daily Objective:

• Journal click here 
  
• Right Side:

·      Main Idea: The Medici family had power and money. Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, was their home. They helped the Renaissance spread by spending their wealth on art and architecture.

Words Worth Knowing

• Medici: banking family that helped create the Renaissance by spending money on art and architecture - "mafia Medici"
• Lorenzo the Magnificient: politician and patron of the Renaissance "greats" like da Vinci and Michaelangelo
• Patron: wealthy person who supports the arts
• Florence: place where the Renaissance started in Italy and home to Medici

Left side: Draw the growth of the Renaissance

Draw a flower growing out of soil with the sun shining. As a class, look at roots, sun, dirt, water – how can these symbolize Renaissance beginnings? Ideas: Roots = classical ideas dirt = schism war plague sun = humanism

If you were gone: 

Medici family - Cosimo
Medici family - Lorenzo

Excellent Medici video

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