For reasons such as: it glorified the city of Florence, it beautified the city in many ways, and it gave great prestige to the family's name.
The Medici were a banking family from Florence, Italy. They gave loans in turn for more money (interest). And they were very smart with their monmey....paying for artist such as Michaelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. A very helpful link on the Medici: go to google and look up The Medici Family on PBS and is shpuld come up.=Hope this helps!=
the medici family
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.
he moved in with the medici family in 1489
I got the medici family for florence
During the Italian Renaissance, the House of Medici (Medici Family) was a notable Florentine family of politicians, bankers, and statesmen. They also have four crowned Pope's from the family.
Yes, Renaissance artist Raphael worked for the Medici family.
The Medici were a powerful family that ruled Florence for over 100 years. They supported some of the greatest artists of the renaissance, such as Donatello and Michelangelo. The Medici started out as a merchant family, but eventually their business, influences and friends made them the richest family in Florence and they eventually took power. Cosimo De Medici was the first Medici who ruled Florence, he was the patron of Filippo Brunelleschi, the person who desgined and led the construction of the big Cathedral of Florence Lorenzo de Medici created an art academy where famous artists like Botticelli and Michelangelo made their art. The Pope Leo X was a Medici that was exiled from Florence. Even Galileo belonged to the Medici court, he was the personal teacher of one of the Medici.
The Medici banking family was the leading patron of Renaissance Florence.
medici family ruled Florence :D
Go to Wikipedia. Type in "Medici Family". You will find tons of stuff.
The Pazzi Family