Notes- Medici & Michelangelo

Tried to regain their rule over Florence
Michelangelo helped them
35 years a marble stone stood
Michelangelo worked on it
He lived with the Medici 15 years earlier
Family controlled all of Florence
He was raised among Medici heirs
The cousins Giovanni & Julio were a priest and a cardinal
The David was put outside a government building
He thought the Medici was turning Florence down the wrong path
The cousins were headed back to Florence with the help of the Pope
Leonardo---Greatest artist of his time.
da Vinci vs. Michelangelo
They were determined to take back Florence
Giovanni heard Pope Julius II is dead
Giovanni became Pope Leo 10
He then strengthened the Medici family
There was a huge party for days and weeks
Michelangelo was supposed to paint the Sistine Chapel
It was very hard for him
He was fearful about the Medici
They saw how good Michelangelo had become
They wanted him to make some new memorials
Machiavelli could not get into the Medici Regime
He was called ruthless
The Vatican had lots of troubles
Cardinals tried to assassinate pope
Pope found out & had them killed
Pope owned money to every bank in Florence
He made indulgence papers
He got money from this
He started to get out of debt
Martin Luther took this as a step too far
1517 he wrote a book that was popular all over Europe