This booklet describes the combination of ideas that characterize the major themes of the early Italian Renaissance as it manifests itself in Florence under the leadership of Cosimo de’ Medici. Using his wealth and position he built a palace and a church both in imitation of Solomon’s house and temple. He identifies his father with David and himself with Solomon, and puts together a treaty that unified Italy for the first time since ancient Rome. His private palace chapel depicts the Journey of the Three Wise Men with him, his family, and signatories to the ‘Peace of Italy,’ a treaty so important Nicholas V called it ‘The Most Holy Alliance.’
This booklet describes the combination of ideas that characterize the major themes of the early Italian Renaissance as it manifests itself in Florence under the leadership of Cosimo de’ Medici. Using his wealth and position he built a palace and a church both in imitation of Solomon’s house and temple. He identifies his father with David and himself with Solomon, and puts together a treaty that unified Italy for the first time since ancient Rome. His private palace chapel depicts the Journey of the Three Wise Men with him, his family, and signatories to the ‘Peace of Italy,’ a treaty so important Nicholas V called it ‘The Most Holy Alliance.’
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