1. Florence Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin – Green Bay

3. Florence Birthplace of the Renaissance “Athens of the Middle Ages” Florentine Italian became the literary standard Florentine bankers financed the birth of modern capitalism Florence is a World Heritage Site

4. Famous Florentines Dante Alighieri Giovanni Boccaccio Sandro Botticelli Filippo Brunelleschi Michelangelo Donatello Raphael Galileo Galilei Lorenzo Ghiberti Niccolò Machiavelli Amerigo Vespucci Leonardo da Vinci Frescobaldi Family Medici family.

5. The Medici Initially weavers and textile merchants Dynasty founded about 1400 Medici Bank founded 1397 – Double Entry Bookkeeping Cosimo di Medici dominates Florence, 1434 Lorenzo di Medici: Good Ruler, Bad Banker Lorenzo’s Son was Incompetent and the Medici were expelled 1494-1512

6. The Medici Bounce Back Dominated Italian politics in the 16 th and 17 th Centuries Major Patrons of the Arts and Science Two Popes were Medici Catherine de Medici became Queen Consort of France Dynasty declines after 1650; Main Line died out in 1743

7. Florence

8. Santa Croce

9. Machiavelli’s Tomb

10. Dante’s Tomb

11. Galileo’s Tomb

12. Santa Maria Novella

13. Synagogue of Florence

14. Palazzo Vecchio

15. Uffizi

16. Perseus and Medusa (Cellini)

17. Michelangelo's David (Copy)

18. Ponte Vecchio

19. On the Ponte Vecchio

20. Fortified House

21. Dante’s House

23. The Duomo

26. Entrance to the Duomo

27. Dome of the Cathedral

28. Dress for the Weather

29. Pisa

30. Cinque Terre