History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . Fig. 119. The Palace of the MediciIN Florence This palace was erected about 1435 by Cosimodei Medici, and in it Lorenzo the Magnificent con-ducted the government of Florence and enter-tained the men of letters and artists with whom heliked best to associate. It shows how fortresslikethe lower portions of a Florentine palace were, inorder to protect the owner from attack 456 History of Europe. Fig. 120. Cathedral and BellTower at Florence The church was begun in 1296 and com-pleted in 1436. The great dome built
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . Fig. 119. The Palace of the MediciIN Florence This palace was erected about 1435 by Cosimodei Medici, and in it Lorenzo the Magnificent con-ducted the government of Florence and enter-tained the men of letters and artists with whom heliked best to associate. It shows how fortresslikethe lower portions of a Florentine palace were, inorder to protect the owner from attack 456 History of Europe. Fig. 120. Cathedral and BellTower at Florence The church was begun in 1296 and com-pleted in 1436. The great dome built bythe architect Brunelleschi has made hisname famous. It is three hundred feethigh. The fa9ade is modern but afteran old design. The bell tower, or cam-panile, was begun by the celebratedpainter Giotto about 1335 and com-pleted about fifty years later. It is richly?adorned with sculpture and coloredmarbles and is considered the fineststructure of the kind in the world schism was over, and allthe European nations oncemore acknowledged the Popeat Rome (1417), it becamepossible to improve the cityand revive some of its ancientglory. Architects, painters,and men of letters werecalled in and handsomelypaid by the popes to erectand adorn magnificent build-ings and to collect a greatlibrary in the Vatican St. Peters and theVatican. The ancient basilicaof St. Peters (Fig. 77) nolonger satisfied the aspira-tions of the popes. It wasgradually torn down, andafter
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