The Medici- Notes 5-20

• Michaelangelo was consulted by the Medici. 
• Florence, 1501 home of the Italian renaissance. It is the heart of an artistic revolution. 
• Michaelangelo- he got so into his work he never ate, or sometimes never slept.... 
• The huge project he was doing would take him three years to complete
• Michaelangelo had moved in with the Medici 15 years before this project. 
• He was raised alongside the heirs to the Medici dynasty. 
• A bloody civil war was sparked in the streets of Florence because of jealousy of Medici wealth. The heirs of the once great dynasty were cast into exile. 
• Julio the Medici had remained a priest, and his cousin Giovanni was already a cardinal. 
• On the 25th of January 1504, felt ready to expose his work to the scrutiny of the outside world. 
• "The David" is what he was working on. 
• Everyone agreed that it was such a monumental step forward, that they decided to put it outside the town hall. 
• Michaelangelo started to see the Medici as contrary to the good of Florence. 
• The Medici finally returned from exile, and took their case to the highest level of the church. 
• The pope helped the Medici assemble an army, which headed back for Florence. 
• Against the wishes of the church, the artists were venturing into new ground. They were looking at corpses for their own knowledge and studied the complexity of the human body. 
• Leonardo and Michaelangelo were each given a wall to decorate, almost like a contest to see who is better. However, they both have very different styles. 
• By 1512, thousands of heavily armed soldiers were inside the borders of Tuscany and heading for Florence, shadowed by the Medici cousins. The people of Florence prepared for their coming. But they knew they were hopelessly outnumbered. 
• The leaders called on their chief advisor, a political genius, Nicolo Maccereli (not the right spelling..)
• Giovanni sent the progress report to his master, because lots of people were killed, blood was everywhere....
• The leaders of the Republic of Florence surrendered. The Medici regained control, but not the loyalty of the people. 
• Giovanni received news one day that his mentor and master, the pope, was dead. 
• The cardinals were still undecided about a new pope for over a week. Giovanni cast the deciding vote. 
• Giovanni voted himself pope. 
• This changed everything, and Florence welcomed back their old enemy with open arms.
•  Being the pope was an unbelievable powerful position. 
• He hosted elaborate dinners night after night. 
• Giovanni had risen higher than any of his ancestors. 
• Michaelangelo was forced into painting the roof of the Sistine Chapel, and he thought he was being made do it by people who wanted to see him fail. He resented every minute he spent on it. 
• He covered the ceiling with over 300 stories from the bible. 
• He had created maybe the greatest work of the renaissance. 
• The Medici ordered Michaelangelo to make tombs for their dead fathers. 
• After all of his spending for one year, he owed money to every bank. 
• Leo sold indulgences, which would forgive the person's sins that bought it. 
• He sold A LOT.
• Martin Luther was horrified by what the church was doing. 
• He wrote a book that traveled everywhere with all of his thesis'.
• No one had ever dared to use such language against the church. Luther was just trying to reform the church, but things kind of snowballed. 
• But Luther's complaints mattered little to the pope. 
• The pope died in 1521, very suddenly by a simple winter chill. His cousin was left to deal with the problems with Luther and such. He became pope Clement the seventh
• About 8000 people died on the first day of the massacre, and The pope ran to safety. after 7 months, clement finally finished his plan for escape.
• He bribed his was out of Rome, and went to find safety in Florence. 
• A bench was thrown off of city hall, and broke "The David."
• Michaelangelo finally finished the tombs for the Medici. 
• Katherine the Medici was the only heir left of the Medici line. 
• She was only eleven though. 
• Katherine was married off at age 14. 
• Michaelangelo chose to portray the last judgment as his last project for the Medici popes. 
• Clement, however, he did not live to see that work finished. It was the end of an era. 

Extra notes that I got from a friend: 

1. Two cousins are all that is left of the Medici family
2. The Medici split the Church in two and almost brought Florence, Europe, and Rome to a collapse
3. France 1501 - Michelangelo was starting on the statue of David
4. It took him 3 years to complete this
5. He made a cast of it in wax
6. 15 years before that he has moved in with the Medici
7. Michelangelo watched as Giovanni was getting ready for the Church
8. They had hits on both of them
9. On the 25 of January 1504 he released his work to the outside world
10. He turned on the Medici family
11. Giovanni took this to court with the Pope
12. The Pope helped them create an army to take back Florence
13. Leonardo da Vinci would take bodies apart and study them for better details on his artwork
14. They told Michelangelo and Leonardo to compete against each other
15. 1512 they arrive in Florence with their army
16. Nicalo was a dingle minded patriot determined to fight the Medici
17. He got thousands of men from different towns to fight in this battle
18. They took control of the city once again
19. Giovanna got the news that the Pope was dead
20. Pope Leo the tenth was Giovanni
21. The city of Florence now welcomed back Giovanni to their city
22. This is the first time that the current Pope was born in Florence
23. Julio is made arch bishop in Florence and then a cardinal later that year
24. Pope Julias the 2nd told Michelangelo to paint the Sistine chapel
25. He was a true master of Fresco
26. He covered it with 300 stories from the Bible
27. They ordered Michelangelo to build excellent tombs in marble for Giovanni's fallen fathers
28. Nicalo wanted a job inside Leo's regime now
29. He was thrown into jail and tortured to the worst that Florence could do to them
30. He wrote a book called the Prince and was an opinionated book about politics
31. A group of cardinals got together and planned the assassination of the Pope
32. However he was warned about this and had a decoy
33. Leo the tenth owed money to every bank in Florence
34. Leo started selling indulgences to people
35. They costed money but were freedom from an eternity in hell
36. This brought in lots of money for the Pope
37. You could even buy indulgences for dead ones
38. For Martin Luther indulgences were a step to far
39. In 1517 published a book for change
40. He had it printed, circulated, and translated
41. This was a direct attack to the Pope
42. Those who bought indulgences would be internally damned
43. This was a start of a revolution
44. Pope Leo did not care because he is a poor monk and he is the Pope
45. The Pope condemned Luther to Hell
46. He was denied access to heaven by the Pope
47. He refused to repent and this caused a battle between the Catholics and the Protestants
48. In 1521 Leo the tenth suddenly died
49. He died from a simple window chill
50. Julio was crowned Pope 2 years later
51. People started gathering around Rome and having riots because they were inflamed by the words of Martin Luther
52. Clement fled to the safety of a fort
53. For the next day Rome was torn apart without mercy
54. They kill, rape, hold people to ransom, and destroy buildings
55. About 8,000 people died on the first day
56. This was called the sack of Rome
57. He had all the gold melted down and all his treasures sewn into his clothes
58. He bribed his way out of Rome to the safety of Florence