The Medici and the Borgias

What role did the Medici family play during the Renaissance in Florence?

• They were artists

• They were patrons who supported artists

• They were soldiers

• They were farmers

Who were the Medici often compared to in the passage?

• Kings

• Godfathers or crime bosses

• Scientists

• Farmers

Fill in the blank: The Medici family used its ______ and power to support some of the greatest artists in Florence.

• wealth

• courage

• ignorance

• weakness

A patron, according to the passage, is:

• a person who supports or sponsors something

• a type of building

• a kind of food

• a musical instrument

The Medici family spent fortunes attracting the best and brightest artists and scholars to Florence.

• True

• False

Who was the most successful member of the Medici family at bringing artists and scholars to Florence?

• Lorenzo de Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent)

• Cosimo de Medici

• Giovanni di Bicci de Medici

• Piero de Medici

Florence got a head start, but eventually Renaissance ideas and a new flood of people made their way to _____

• Rome

• Paris

• London

• Venice

Who rebuilt the city of Rome and brought back its authority and importance?

• Michelangelo

• The pope

• The Medici family

• Leonardo da Vinci

When Michelangelo created his statue of the biblical hero David, it was originally placed outside the center of which city's government?

• Florence

• Rome

• Venice

• Milan

The Borgia family, originally from _____, was the most powerful group of patrons in Rome.

• Spain

• France

• Italy

• Portugal