More notes on Medici Movie

• Two cousins try to gain ultimate power
• 1501- Florence- Rennaissance for 200 years
• 13 foot block of marble was being made by Michaelangelo
• The project took 3 years to complete
• It symbolized the struffle of the family he once adored-Medici
• A civil war came out because of the wealth of the Medici family
• The heirs to the dynasty were cast into exile
• Julio-ordanded priest
• Govani- Already a cardinal
• Michaelangelo was almost done with his masterpiece to show the independence of Florence
• 1504- Michaelangelo showed his work to the outside world- The David
• The symbol of resistance to the overbearing Medici
• The cousins arrived in Rome after 9 years of exile
• The Pope was sympathetic and helped them assemble an army which headed back to Florence
• Some of the artists starteed taking dead bodies to study them- One of them was Leonardo
• Leonardo knew he was the greatest artist of his time, but Michaelanglo was his rival
• They each were given a wall to draw battle scenes on to see who was the best
• 1512- there was heavily armed soldiers getting really close to Florence
• The people prepared for the onslaught, but they knew they were outnumbered
• Nikelo Macheveli- determined to defend the city from the Medici dictatorship- he assembled a well equipped national army
• The army reached Platto just outside of Florence- It was a bloodbath
• Leaders of Republic Surrendered
• Medici got control of the city, but not the trust of the people of Florence
• The pope died and the cardinals were called to Rome
• Giovanni Medici became Pope Leo the 10th
• Florence welcomed him back with open arms
• First time the leader of the Catholic Church born in Florence
• In a month, his cousin was made Archbishop and Cardinal
• Giovani had risen higher than any of his ancestors
• Michaelangelo was forced to paint the Sistein chapel
• He had people help him paint it
• It was fresco-had to work really fast
• 300 figures and stories in the Bible- Creation of Adam, The Flood
• Crafted brilliance and greatest work of the Renaissance
• Medici saw power in Michaelangelo's work and made him an offer he dared not refuse
• Ordered him to build glorious tombs for their dead fathers that honored the Medici
• Machiaveli was thrown in prison and tortured- he was then exiled
• He wrote a handbook for dictators- Called the Prince-described the politics devoid of morality
• Medici refused to employ Machiaveli
• 1516- group of cardinals conspired to assassinate the Pope
• Leo was warned of the conspirators and went to kill the conspirators
• The Medici made sure the people surrounded them were loyal
• Leo created 100's of new jobs and sold them to those he could trust- he needed the money because he had used all the money
• He sold indulgence's to people, so they could get rid of their sins
• An indulgence could even be bought for the dead
• Profits soared and lifted Pope Leo out of death
• Luther was horrifed at what the church was doing
• Matin Luther published a Manifesto for change- it was printed and circulated- traveled really far and fast
• Start of a Revolution- Luther was trying to reform the church, not destroy it
• The Manifesto reached the Pope- it didn't really matter to him
• Leo wrote a document to silence heritichs-denied Luther access to heaven
• Luther didn't accept his punishment
• 1521- Leo suddenly died and Julio was left with the problem
• Julio was then crowned king and was left with the problem
• Armies went to Rome- you don't sack a sacred city
• Julio fled to somewhere and Rome was torn apart
• 8,000 people died on the first day
• Julio changed his clothes and had all the gold melted- he bribed his way out of the city
• The David was ruined- all in the defiance of the Medici
• Pople Julio was ready to attack Florence
• Michaelangelo cowered in the tombs that he had built
• Katherine Medici was 11 and next in line for the thrown- "Called her My pearl beyond price"
• Julio called off his troops- he had plans for Katherine
• He married her off to the son of the French king- she was 14
• Religious fate would soon infect France as well
• Julio asked Michaelangelo to paint a fresco- Painted the Last Judgement
• Transition of from Impressionism to Expressionism
• 1534-Julio died which ended the era
• Corrupt reign of the Medici Pope's were over