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Legacy of the Medici Family: Masters of Renaissance Influence

The Medici Family, known for their wealth in banking, trade, and art patronage, rose to prominence in Florence's political scene. Starting as wool and silk merchants, they forged powerful alliances, even taking over Florence by 1434. Under their patronage, artists like Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci thrived, contributing to the flourishing Renaissance. Their impact on European learning and arts endured for centuries.

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Legacy of the Medici Family: Masters of Renaissance Influence

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  1. Medici Family By: Chris Blakley, Michael Rolf

  2. The Duke by himself The Duke of Urbino and is wife

  3. Their ancestral home is in the Mugello valley. • During the next two centuries the family, amassing a fortune through banking and trade, begins also to play a prominent part in Florence's political life. • The Medici Family made a fortune as wool and silk merchants and bankers. • They built alliances with other wealthy families, acquired important positions in the Church, and married into Europe's royal families.

  4. By 1434, Cosimo de Medici was powerful enough to take over Florence. • The Medici Family sponsord artists like Michelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and so many more.

  5. Michelangelo Botticelli Leonardo da Vinci

  6. Impact • The Medici family members were very interested in the rebirth of learning in Europe and under their patronage the Renaissance flourished.

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