什么是麦迪奇

Medici, lorenzo de'

别名高贵的洛伦佐（Lorenzo the Magnificent）

佛罗伦斯政治家和文学艺术的赞助者。为科西莫.德.麦迪奇的孙子，他是麦迪奇家族最杰出的人。1469年起，他与弟弟朱利亚诺一起统治佛罗伦斯。1478年佛罗伦斯最重要的一支银行业家族帕齐家族暗杀了朱利亚诺，帕齐家族是与西克斯图斯四世（他没有参与暗杀朱利亚诺的行动）、那不勒斯国王结盟的。由於洛伦佐直接向那不勒斯国王求助，使他得以重获在佛罗伦斯的权力，在他去世之前，都一直是该市唯一的统治者。他年仅十三岁的儿子乔凡尼从教宗英诺森八世那里取得了枢机主教的职位，後来也成为教宗，也就是利奥十世。洛伦佐动用麦迪奇家族的财富资助了许多艺术家，如波提且利、达文西和米开朗基罗，他可能是历史上最出名的赞助者。但他的这种作为导致麦迪奇银行破产，不过麦迪奇家族的政治势力依旧称霸於佛罗伦斯和托斯卡尼。

1449～1492年

Medici, Lorenzo de'

Florentine statesman and patron of arts and letters. The grandson of Cosimo de'Medici, he was the most brilliant of the Medici family. He ruled Florence with his younger brother, Giuliano, from 1469. Giuliano was assassinated in 1478 by the Pazzi, a leading Florentine banking family, which was in league with Sixtus IV (who did not support the assassination) and the king of Naples. Lorenzo's direct appeal to the king allowed him to regain power in Florence, and he was sole ruler of the city until his death. His 13-year-old son Giovanni was created a cardinal by Pope Innocent VIII and later became pope as Leo X. Lorenzo used the Medici riches to patronize many artists, including Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo, and he remains perhaps the most famous patron of all time. His policies bankrupted the Medici bank, but the political power of the Medici remained strong in Florence and Tuscany.