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Not only were the Medici’s interested in making money, they were also extremely ambitious on how they spent money. They believed the express purpose of what we now call philanthropy (charity) was to promote beauty, truth and wisdom to the world.

Lorenzo’s Grandfather had started the collection of books that became known as the Medici Library and Lorenzo then expanded it, his researchers searching Europe's monasteries, courts and libraries for lost or overlooked text from antiquity.
-Taylor

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The Medicis produced four popes (Leo X, Clement VII, Pius IV and Leon XI),

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The Medici family were humanists and supported the work of such Renaissance masters as Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

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The Papacy had great territorial, political and religious power over Rome during the Renaissance

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The Papacy employed many humanists to work in the Curia, the Papal bureaucracy. These humanists also studied the many classical texts that were held in Papal archives and libraries. They did much to make the ancient world better known in this period and inspired many to emulate the classical era.

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in Michelangelo's Last Judgment she paints the damned going to hell with symbolism showing how they have impacted their own fate in the after life. One soul has been shown with a money bag and two keys that dangle from his chest, this is meant to symbolise his sin of avarice (greed for wealth and material growth). Another damned is being pulled down by a demon to his inevitable fate by his scrotum. this symbolises  his sin as lust. This shows christian values as these items and what they represent comes from Christianity and the Old Testimate. the objects  symbolise the the deadly sins and reinforces their significance and the effect they have on your after life and how your actions will determine where you will spend eternity.

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What is the main point of focus? Which part of the work draws your eye the most?

What do the objects in this picture mean?

How does style connect with the values in this painting?

The focal point in this painting  is where god and adam connect, their finger tips touching. The image is really balanced god and adam are given equal space within the composition and are on an equal level. This can be read as a rejection of the dogma of medieval christianity and a valuing of the potential of man.

The shape that is created resembles that of a brain, god and adam making up the hemispheres. This reflects classical platonic values - intellect.

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What was the role of the Papacy during the Renaissance? Where did the papacy fit with classical ideas and humanism?

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How did the Medici influence the Renaissance? What was valued and why? Where did the Medici fit within Christianity

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Building on the discussion about values in Michelangelo's work. How does the expression of classical values differ from TCoM to TLJ?

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The effect of the Sistine ceiling is exuberant, optimistic. It fits with the confident papacy of Julius II. The end wall of the chapel is very different. But it too reflects its times.

In 1527 Rome is sacked by an unruly army of German mercenaries, while Clement VII shelters helplessly in the Castel Sant'Angelo. In the aftermath of this appalling event, Clement commissions Michelangelo to paint the end wall of the Sistine chapel. The subject is to be the Last Judgement. Again Michelangelo captures the mood perfectly, giving this traditional cautionary tale a dark and dramatic violence.
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=kbg
-Taylor

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There was a 26-year gap between the Creation of Man and The Final Judgment. He met the second great love of his life Vittoria Colonna, her passion was the reform of the Catholic church to Protestantism, this was a form of Christianity who thought there were errors in the Roman Catholic church. She awoke Michelangelo to a further heightening of his already powerful religious beliefs. It was his growing fixation of the afterlife that influenced the contents of the Final Judgment. Represents Christ judging the souls in heaven and earth. The dark imagery is a stark contrast to the uplifting imagery of the Creation of man, Christ is shown not as a redeemer but as a but a wrathful condemner.
- Shanae

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What influences the way that these values are expressed?

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What influences the way that these values are expressed?

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For example, The Creation of Man and The Last Judgement are frescos by the same artist, both expressing Christian Values. However the values are expressed very differently in tCoM to the TLJ. So why is this? What are the influences?

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How are Christian and Classical values expressed in selected art works?

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How are Christian and Classical values expressed in selected art works?