The
Medici
family
,
also
known
as
the
____________________
of
Medici
,
became
important
in
Florence
in
the
13th
century
through
its
success
in
commerce
and
____________________
.
Beginning
in
1434
with
the
rise
to
power
of
Cosimo
de
?
Medici
the
family
?
s
support
of
the
arts
and
____________________
made
Florence
the
cradle
of
the
____________________
.
Cosimo
was
a
devoted
____________________
of
the
humanities
,
supporting
artists
such
as
Ghiberti
,
Brunelleschi
,
Donatello
and
Fra
Angelico
.
During
the
____________________
of
his
grandson
,
Lorenzo
the
____________________
(
1449
-
1492
)
,
Florence
became
the
cultural
center
of
____________________
.
He
supported
the
work
of
such
Renaissance
____________________
as
Botticelli
,
Leonardo
da
Vinci
and
Michelangelo
(
whom
the
Medici
commissioned
to
complete
their
family
____________________
in
Florence
)
.
Along
its
history
,
the
House
of
Medici
produced
four
____________________
(
Leo
X
,
Clement
VII
,
Pius
IV
and
Leon
XI
)
.
