Why is Lorenzo de' Medici known as "The Magnificent???

Question

did he invent anything?

Answer 1

He brought together artists, writers, musicians to Florence when he ruled there as a Renaissance prince in the 15th century. He supported them.

Answer 2

Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Florence, January 1, 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance.

Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico) by contemporary Florentines, he was the most remarkable public figure of his time. Not only a wily diplomat and politician, he headed a brilliant group of scholars, artists, and poets and was accomplished in the manly arts of jousting and the hunt. He was charismatic, tough, passionate, and energetic, equally devoted to his city, his family, the church, and the pursuit of art and learning. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace that he helped to maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death; and two years later the French invasion of 1494 began nearly 400 years of foreign occupation of the Italian peninsula. Though the Medici remained in power in Florence for several centuries, producing three popes and two queens of France, none of his successors approached Lorenzo's range of interests and accomplishments or the generosity of his vision.

Answer 3

Lorenzo de Medici was born on January 1, 1449 in Florence, Italy. "Lorenzo The Magnificent," as he was called by the people of Florence, was a statesman, ruler, and patron of the arts. "The Magnificent" was a common title of respect in Italy at the time, but it was Lorenzo who raised it to special status.


The name Lorenzo de Medici was also carried by his grandson Lorenzo (1492–1519), Duke of Urbino, with whom he is sometimes confused.

I can't think honestly say that I know of anything that Lorenzo de Medici created. He was not an inventor. He was part of the mighty Medici dynasty and ruled Florence during the Renaissance. The only thing to do with inventions that I know about with regard to Lorenzo is that when the moveable printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg and was scorned by his contemporaries, Lorenzo supported him and thus texts and books became quicker to produce and thus less expensive and more popular.

Lorenzo also supported artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Andrea del Verrocchio and Michelangelo Buonarroti and this was instrumental in the development of Florence as the center of 15th century Renaissance Europe.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

No, Lorenzo was just fabulously wealthy and a great patron of the arts, most notably Michelangelo. Lorenzo comissioned M's David, and Lorenzo once even had Michelangelo come to the Medeci's palace and make snowmen!

Answer 5

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/lorenzo.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de_Medici

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/persons6_n2/medici.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/lorenzo-de-medici?method=22