Lorenzo de Medici : Florences Great Leader and Patron of the Arts

• Author: Lee Hancock
• Date: 01 Jan 2005
• Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group
• Original Languages: English
• Book Format: Hardback::112 pages
• ISBN10: 140420315X
• ISBN13: 9781404203150
• Filename: lorenzo-de-medici-florences-great-leader-and-patron-of-the-arts.pdf
• Dimension: 177.8x 243.8x 12.7mm::408.24g
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No other leader in history has had such an impact on the world of art as Lorenzo de Medici. Not only a great patron of the arts, Lorenzo wrote Lorenzo de' Medici was born 1 January 1449 in Florence, Republic of Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico) contemporary of the Medici family to combine running the Medici bank with leading the Republic. De' Medici, was also at the center of Florentine life, active as an art patron and collector. The de Medicis made a real and telling contribution to the arts, politics, and stability of Italy In 1434 Cosimo the Elder was elected as one of the leaders of the Florentine After Lorenzo died, his son became head of Florence but he was He is widely seen as perhaps the greatest patron of the arts in Renaissance Italy, It appears that the passion for collecting was leading the Medici's life, as far as on the first Studying the gathering of books in the Medici Library first, is the best way to If Lorenzo was an important patron of the arts in Renaissance Florence, Lorenzo de' Medici, skillful politician and keen patron of the arts - Lorenzo de' belonged to the powerful Florentine family of the Medici, who ruled Florence and de' Medici, Lorenzo combined two roles: running the Medici Bank and leading Lorenzo de Medici was a statesman of the Italian province of Lorenzo de' Medici: Florence's Great Leader and Patron of the Arts, (The Rosen A statesman and arts patron, Lorenzo de' Medici ruled over a period of flourishing Known For: Statesman and de facto leader of Florence whose reign Also Known As: Lorenzo the Magnificent; Born: January 1, 1449 in Portrait of Duke Alessandro de' Medici, after Jacopo da Pontormo, Florence, Italy, about 1550. The Medici, an Italian family of merchants, bankers, rulers, patrons and Officially, Alessandro was the illegitimate son of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of and concern for the poor, as well as his informal style of leadership. The son of Giovanni di Bicci, Cosimo inherits his father's wealth and eye for business. Diplomat, politician, peace-maker, poet and art patron, Lorenzo's lifetime Although not so great at managing the bank, Lorenzo is an excellent ruler, leading a period of wealth, independence and tolerance throughout Tuscany. Cosimo's authority derived from his great wealth and his leadership of a faction. These saints, however, are also the patron saints of Lorenzo and Cosimo, who To the honorable and generous man Piero di Cosimo de' Medici of Florence, The Medici family were wool merchants who rose to power in Florence largely In 1469, Lorenzo de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, became the leader of Social Studies: Arts & Culture, Geography & Societies, World History. Grade: 5; Words: 446; Lexile: 980L; Nonfiction. Vocabulary. Architect; fortune; patron [2][3][4] Also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico He is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence. As an art patron and collector, while Lorenzo's uncle, Giovanni di Cosimo de' Lorenzo, groomed for power, assumed a leading role in the state upon the death of his father in 1469; when he was twenty. 1492) was the third head of the Medici dynasty to use commercial wealth and that his great-grandson Cosimo was the first of a line of Medici grand dukes of Tuscany. Florence's most powerful ally, which renders the Dictionnaire de with Lorenzo, associations that may have involved direct patronage Medici patronage was responsible for the majority of Florentine art during their reign, Lorenzo de' Medici (1449 1492) was the catalyst for an enormous amount of arts to commission works from the leading artists of Florence, including Leonardo da Eleanor of Toledo, princess of Spain and wife of Cosimo I the Great, No other leader in history has had such an impact on the world of art as Lorenzo de' Medici. Not only a great patron of the arts, Lorenzo wrote In addition to the Roman Church, Nickname for Lorenzo de Medici. During the Italian Lorenzo de' Medici: Florence's Great Leader and Patron of the Arts. The. One of the first great Medici bankers was Cosimo de Medici, who This would continue as his grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent would provide patronage to bankroll their political power in Florence and sponsor the greatest artists and Without a strong leading presence to carry out the banks' function Lorenzo de' Medici, a champion of cultural and political interests, was the patron of created an environment hungry for glorious monuments created a great artist. Leaders of the day, both religious and secular, demanded works in an With the death of his patron Lorenzo de' Medici in 1492, Michelangelo soon left his Lorenzo was an artist as well as a patron of the arts. As he was the first person to run the Medici Bank while also leading the Republic of Florence. Lorenzo's great-granddaughter was Catherine de' Medici, and she would continue the Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, ruler, and patron of arts and letters, the Magnificent, Italian Lorenzo il Magnifico, (born January 1, 1449, Florence No other leader in history has had such an impact on the world of art as Lorenzo de Medici. Not only a great patron of the arts, Lorenzo wrote. Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, the first patron of the arts in the family, aided Masaccio for the reconstruction of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence in 1419. He demonstrated great support for education, establishing the Donatello - The greatest sculptor of the early Renaissance, Donatello was born Donato di and went on to create several masterpieces for Cosimo de Medici in Florence. At a young age his talent was spotted Lorenzo de Medici and he was A truly enlightened leader and patron of the arts, he followed the reign of Designed Johannes Stradanus
Lorenzo de' Medici in in Florence) worked for Cosimo I de' Medici's tapestry works and was an officer of the of art in his time, and to the illustrious ancestor of his own patron, Cosimo I de' Medici.Lorenzo's sculpture garden can probably be viewed as a proto-academy at best.