Essay On Cosimo De Medici

Cosimo Medici was born in Florence Italy, on September 27th in the year 1389, he was the the first son to Giovanni de' Medici and Piccarda de' Bueri. He was just the son of a meer merchant, but his impact on Florence and it’s people would be immense. His father was the one who laid the foundation to the family’s massive fortune, after the death of his father in the year 1429 Cosimo Medici continued the legacy, turning a small banking business into the most powerful in Europe. When you are in the the position Cosimo Medici was put in, there will always be someone trying to knock you down. For instance the Albizzi family, they were the most powerful family at the time. Once the Albizzi family saw that the Medicis were gaining respect and power they decided to have Cosimo arrested and put to death, but Cosimo was so powerful and rich he bought his way out of that. According to http://biography.yourdictionary.com/cosimo-de-medici the article reads “He was exiled instead when, from his place of imprisonment, he succeeded in buying the favor of Bernardo Guadagni, the gonfalonier of justice, for 1,000 ducats (about $25,000)”. His
For example, Filippo Brunelleschi he is most famous for completing the dome on the Florence cathedral. He was an architect and engineer, according to https://www.britannica.com/biography/Filippo-Brunelleschi the article reads “Brunelleschi rediscovered the principles of linear-perspective construction known to the Greeks and Romans but buried along with many other aspects of ancient civilization during the European Middle Ages.”. Brunelleschi’s style of architecture was fresh and different, if it wasn’t for Cosimo’s appreciation of art the dome never would have been finished and a great mind like Brunelleschi’s would have never been discovered. Cosimo also worked with and patronized Donatello,Antonio del Pollaiuolo and