More Notes on Italian Renaissance:

ITALY -

• The birth of venus was like any other painting of its time Botticelli
• Lorenzo had loosened his grip on the family business
• Branches of the Medici bank was forced to close and Medici lost money.
• 1492 - Lorenzo fell seriously ill. He turned to the Church. Lorenzo knew he was dying and needed something money couldn’t buy.
• Lorenzo called upon Savonarola.
• Savonarola's judgment was harsh, he damned Lorenzo.
• At the age of 43, Lorenzo dies and he fears Hell until his last breath.
• Any display of jewels or makeup were forbidden. Savonarola wanted to create heaven on earth by any means necessary.
• Savonarola called THE BONFIRE OF THE VANATIES.
• Onto the flames, went everything that was apart of Lorenzo's vibrant Renaissance.
• Botticelli even had to hurl his own paintings into the flames.
• Florence was a depiction of Hell itself.