1. 10th World Studies 10.06.17 Today’s Agenda:
Turn in:
Art Reco Project to TII.COM
Take out:
Planner
Notes, & note-taking devices
Viewing Guide
Today’s objective:
I can describe how the shifting of power occurred during the Renaissance.
Today’s Agenda:
GOTR: Episode 1, & 2-4 (Reader’s Digest Version…)
HW:
Prepare to show what you know…

2. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 2: The Magnificent Medici
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Florence, August 1466:
Lorenzo de Medici (Grandson of Cosimo), escapes an assassination attempt. He marries to strengthen ties (Power?)…$, church, social class, military muscle.
Art is still flourishing…Botticelli becoming more bold and secular. (isms?)
At 20, Lorenzo becomes Capo (“boss”) of the Medici family.
Creates a network of amici degli amici (“friends of friends) for the common people of Florence and Tuscany (region)
The Pazzi family plots with Pope Sixtus IV to murder both Lorenzo and his brother…wait a minute, what?!?

3. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 2: The Magnificent Medici
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Easter Sunday, April 26, 1478:
Mass at the cathedral…it’s crowded
Lorenzo and his brother (Giuliano) are attacked…Giuliano dies in front of his family, Lorenzo disappears…
The city erupts in chaos—think, two important families battling it out…picking sides, etc.
Then, at the window of his palace, Lorenzo shows himself…wounded severely, but ALIVE!
The city turns on the Pazzi

4. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 2: The Magnificent Medici
(Reader’s Digest version…)
The Pazzi and their allies try to finish the job they started…
Lorenzo travels to the south for help from other godfathers…king of Naples help (via a bribe) & the Pope’s plans are foiled.
As he returns to Florence, he is deemed, “Il Magnifico” and eliminates all opposition. He is now ruling as a dictator (but not in the sense we might think of…)
The Birth of Venus (Botticelli), da Vinci, Michelangelo both discovered…Buonarotti is “adopted” into the family.

7. All of this “culture” is upsetting to some…(who?)
Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 2: The Magnificent Medici
(Reader’s Digest version…)
All of this “culture” is upsetting to some…(who?)
Savonarola—a Dominican (not as much an “order,” but rather an army of priests.)
Tells of God’s punishment for Lorenzo and the Medici if they don’t repent…
1492: Lorenzo falls ill…is Savonarola right?!?
Support of Savonarola grows
Medici bank, business, and network of friends begins to decline.
Lorenzo dies…

8. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 2: The Magnificent Medici
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Bonfire of the Vanities (remember our connections to sin…)
Persecution of these Vanities…
Even Botticelli joins in…destroys some of his works…

9. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 3: The Medici Popes
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Florence, 1501: 26-year-old Michelangelo begins to carve a giant masterpiece which will come to symbolize his struggle against a family he once adored.
It's hailed as a triumph. Michelangelo has created the ultimate symbol of resistance
Giulio has been ordained as a priest and a prior (a Church title…). His cousin Giovanni is already a cardinal, but their clerical connections mean little, without Florence.
Pope Julius II, also from a powerful family, is sympathetic to their plight. With his help, the cousins assemble an army. They head for Florence.

10. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 3: The Medici Popes
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Florence without the Medici is thriving.
Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses for private anatomical study.
Michelangelo produces frescoes
By 1512, thousands of troops are marching on Tuscany/Florence.
Florence calls on Niccolo Machiavelli, political genius, to prepare its defense.
The soldiers he trains are no match for the troops of the Medici. The Sack of Prato, just outside Florence, is a bloodbath. 
Through violence and terror the Medici regain control of their city, but not the loyalty of the people of Florence.

11. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 3: The Medici Popes
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Pope Julius dies
Lots of votes by the College of Cardinals…no election— Holy Smokes?!?
Giovanni de'Medici becomes Pope Leo X. (Please remember this name!!!)
Machiavelli now lobbies for a job inside Leo's regime. But his plan backfires and, trapped in exile, he composes a manifesto for ruthless dictators.
The Prince

12. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 3: The Medici Popes
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Pope Julius dies
Lots of votes by the College of Cardinals…no election— Holy Smokes?!?
Giovanni de'Medici becomes Pope Leo X. (Please remember this name!!!)
Machiavelli now lobbies for a job inside Leo's regime. But his plan backfires and, trapped in exile, he composes a manifesto for ruthless dictators.
The Prince

13. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 3: The Medici Popes
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Leo X lives a life of excess…massive parties—feasts that last for days, orgies, “painting” young children in gold as living statues…
All of this “fun” costs big $$$--but the coffers are empty…
Solution??? Indulgences: the sale of forgiveness endorsed by the Church…again the concept of sin, the soul, and purgatory…

14. Godfather’s of the Renaissance: Episode 3: The Medici Popes
(Reader’s Digest version…)
Leo X dies…his cousin becomes Pope Clement VII
He loses control of Rome…runs away, but his niece is captured in Florence
He agrees to trade his return for her safety—she’s 11 years old…she’s married off to a French king 4 years later…

15. The Godfathers of the Renaissance Ep 3
Michelango vs. the Medici
The Medici vs. Florence and Machiavelli
Medici win! Pope Leo X (let’s remember this guy!)—Giovanni de’Medici took a while, but “another” Medici Pope…
Political mind tries to gain favor of the Medici, but is exiled…Machiavelli sad… he has some time for writing…
Leo X has a bit of a reputation for “indulgences”
Pope Clement VII—cousin of Giovanni another Medici Pope!
Catherine married off to a French king…again, power?

16. The Godfathers of the Renaissance Ep 4
Duke of Florence is murdered—his cousin, another Cosimo takes his place (17 years old)
Marries a Spanish princess…brings an army as a dowry
Cosimo uses it to conquer his neighbors—Siena falls, the rest of Tuscany falls in line.
Cosimo uses art to publicize his success.
Vasari ordered to create works of art, an area for a centralized administration (Uffizi), and caps off his career with the first work of “Art History” by compiling the “Lives of the Artists”
As practices begin to collide with the Church, the Medici choose the Church
The innovation has waned and the Renaissance in Italy begins to fade—yet is it still present.
Other families attempted, but none matched the legacy of the Medici, GODFATHERS OF THE RENAISSANCE

17. Godfathers of the Renaissance
Giovanni—brought the Medici back into prominence in Florence: held the title of “Gonfaliere” in Last Medici to officially rule until the 16th Century. Medici will choose to rule from behind the scenes.
Son of Giovanni. Takes over the family business upon Giovanni’s death in Florence has two factions: Upper class (Albizzi family) & rising “Middle” Class (mostly Medici family) that battle for power in the city. Uses the idea of patronage as a political tool.
What does this tell us about the shifting of power?

18. The True Key to the Rise of the Medici
ALUM! Used in the production of cloth (Textiles…)
Florence was a center for the production of textiles.
The Turks were the only supplier, until it was found in Italy.
The Medici were given control over property in Tolfa (an Italian town…) which held vast deposits of alum, by Pope Pius II.
In exchange, the Medici’s “forgave” vast loan amounts for the papacy…solidifies the ties of banking between the Medici and the Papacy…

19. Art and Patronage
Patron comes from “Old French” meaning: “protector” or “advocate.”
Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art.
Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values.
Italian banking & international trade interests had the money.
Public art in Florence was organized and supported by guilds…(like a school for craftsman) This is thought of as skilled labor.
Therefore, the consumption of art was used as a form of competition for social & political status!