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Cosimo I De medici Epitome of the Renaissance

Giacomo Toscano. Cosimo I De medici Epitome of the Renaissance. Cosimo‘s E arly L ife.

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Cosimo I De medici Epitome of the Renaissance

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  1. Giacomo Toscano Cosimo I De mediciEpitome of the Renaissance

  2. Cosimo‘s Early Life • I was born in 1519, right at the high Renaissance. Just as an added bonus, I was also born in Florence, the city of the Renaissance. I did not really involve myself in the humanist ideals until I turned 17. In fact, I was partly chosen for the reason that I could be easily manipulated. The event that changed my life happed. I must let you know that I was not ready for it. I was chosen as the duke of Florence and the ruler of the Medici family because the previous ruler Alessandro was murdered.

  3. Cosimo Becomes Duke • I am different from all my predecessors, in the way that I was not born directly into the important part of the Medici family. I am originally of the Mugello family, but my father was a Medici, and I was the only heir to the position of duke, even though I was Alessandro’s fourth cousin. I was from a farm house, to endless riches. The only thing I was used was used to ruling were the sheep in my farm, but now, I became nothing but the most important person in Florence.

  4. Cosimo Fears Death But Nothing Can Stop Him • I knew that my life was not safe, so I took many steps to make it so. Firstly, I had roughly 300 bodyguards, which impressed my visitors. I had a private passage built all through Florence, so that I did not have to go into the open to move around the city. I also walked around with knives down my boots, along with armor under my clothing. Nonetheless, this did not stop me from being the amazing patron that I am. I had the Uffizi constructed, and fully painted on the inside by Vasari, and I opened a school for art, so that young talented artists could come and learn.

  5. Cosimo Makes Political Move • I was aware of the constant dark plans to break the Medici by murdering me, so in 1539 only two years after I came to be the duke, I married the Spanish noblewoman Eleonora de Toledo, which gave me the approval of Spain, and an alliance with them too. In the year of 15, I moved into the Palazzo Vecchio with my family. My wife was disappointed, and believed that this residence was too modest for her dignity. Thus she purchased the Palazzo Pitti with her own private money, claiming that she could not raise her children of royal blood, in such a humble place.

  6. Cosimo: A Man of Honour • When Michelangelo died, the government of Florence secretly decided to sneak his body from Rome back to home. There they organized a humongous funeral for him.

  7. Cosimo And The Inquisition • When Vasari wrote a book dedicated to me, he came up with the name of what had been a movement of artists, patrons, and politicians. He called it what we all know to be the Renaissance. As expected, this movement caused turmoil between them and the most powerful force of the world. The Catholic Church. Here is where the idea of the inquisition came to be. They came to you and told you that they believed you were guilty, and that you please confess. It was not much like a case at court. They came to me in 1559, and a deal was made, where I organized a public book burning. I was in desperate need of to be formally recognized by the church. Accordingly, I was crowned Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1569 by the Pope himself.

  8. Cosimo Is Victorious • My family had gone from the Papacy to amazing lengths and heights. They had patronized famous artists including Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and other people like Galileo Galilei, and Fillipo Brunelleschi. My family had been the greatest patrons of all time, and I was the leading one of them. The Renaissance was not all and only for men with talent, but was a way to give people the capacity of doing the best with what they had. Cosimo I de Medici fit in those shoes perfectly.

  9. Bibliography • The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance. Dir. Justin Hardy. Perf. Pip Torens. PBS Home Video, 2003. DVD. • Wikipedia.org. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Web. 4 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_I_de%27_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany>.

  10. Appendix (in order of appearence) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosimo_Grand_Duke.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosimo_Medici_Statue_Florence.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosimo_I_de_MediciSculptSFFAM75.2.16_img0626.JPG

  11. Cosimo Gives His Thanks • Thanks

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