Please watch the first episode about the Medici family before next Monday, and answer the following questions. I will host a viewing party (emphasis on PARTY!) Thursday after school for anyone who is interested.
The video can be found on YouTube, via this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFDJK8jmms
You might also be interested in the interactive timeline or the interactive Medici family tree or even the interactive tour of Florence.
1) Why is the Duomo (Dome) in Florence so signifigant?
2) How does Brunelleschi “unlock” the secrets of the Duomo?
3) What does the Albizzi family do to remove Cosimo from Florence?
a. Why does this backfire on them?
4) How does Cosimo’s return to Florence make him even more powerful than before?
5) What is significant about Donatello’s David sculpture?
6) In what ways does the Medici family encourage the arts, and act as patrons of the arts?
7) How did the Medici rise from poverty and insignificance?
8) Why were art and architecture important to the rise of the Medici family?
9) How did Cosimo, Brunelleschi, and Florence contribute to the beginning of the Renaissance?
10) What problems do you foresee for the Medici family? Why?
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