COSIMO DE MEDICI

COSIMO DE MEDICI

• He was born in 1389
• He lived in Florence Italy
• He was a banker
• He was one of the wealthiest man of his time
• He was a important patron to Florence

QUOTES

• " when religion and royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich."
• " Ideas devour the agesmen are devoured by their passions. When is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps
• " political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which fate demands a heavy tax in blood!"
• " power is action; the electoral principle in discussion is permanently established."
• " our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin... Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!"

COSIMO DE MEDICI

• He was a generous and modest person
• He was the (father of his country)
• He spent a lot of his money on his city
• He supported many artists and sculptors in his area
• The Medici's maintained control by exiling people who disagreed with them

COSIMO DE MEDICI

• Cosimo had an alert and admirable mind
• Without him nobody would know his way of banking
• He believed that if you make artist paint immediately, then they don't work as well

SOURCES

• History.com
• Biography.com
• Encyclopedia.com
• Yesnet.yk.ca.com
• Mrdowling.com

SOURCES (2)

• Renaissance-spell.com
• Quotes.dictonary.com

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HUMANISM

• Cosimo de Medici created a way of banking that banks use today
• He hired a architect to create a huge dome to a church and that was his big start for him

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

• Finishing the church and making the dome
• Being an important Patron to Florence
• Supporting the artist and sculptors in the city
• Being exiled and the city asks for help
• Being the wealthiest man of his time