Lorenzo Di Medici was the ruler of Florentine Republic. His reign fell during the Renaissance period. He was a rich man and was known as a patron of artists, poets and scholars. He supported artistes like Michelangelo and Botticelli. During his reign he also played a vital role in maintaining peace with other Italian states, which ended with his death at the age of only 43.
Lorenzo was the patron of the arts in Florence. He help build the Domo of Florence, supported da Vinci, supported and hired Michelangelo, paid for the golden doors that were made for the Cathedral as well as many other things that come to us from the Renaissance. His family also were bankers and popes.
Cosimo de Medici contributed to the renaissance by funding public works of art, making the classics(Ancient Greek and Roman texts) more popular, he was the patron(he funded and helped) many famous artists like Donnatello, Michelozzi and Fra Angelico. Because florence was a major city in the renaissance the ideas and culture spread quickly through towns.
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Cosimo De Medici. Lorenzo De Medici was his father and started off the commissions. But Cosimo did most of the work, commissioning work from artists such as donatello, bernini and michelangelo.
Cosimo established the Medici dynasty based on inherited wealth. He had enormous influence in supporting art and the intellectual life of the Renaissance. Please see the link.
Cosimo de Medici was born in 1389.
Cosimo de' Medici was born on September 27, 1389.
Cosimo I de' Medici was born on June 12, 1519.
Cosimo de Medici was born on September 27, 1389.
Cosimo de' Medici was born on September 27, 1389.
Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici was created in 1545.
Descendants of Cosimo I de Medici was born in 1519.
Descendants of Cosimo I de Medici died in 1574.