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storyline

Intro to transformation

Medici name reported many times by agent from Transformation epoch. No record of their name before hand. They seem to have come up from nothing/nowhere. We’re sending you there to find what you can about them in your time. Are they causing fractures?

Travel through city from Florence cathedral to medici palace.

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Bell work

-New Paper: DFTT: Florence

-This is our record of 16^th century Florence – obviously it isn’t entirely accurate. Based on this illustration describe what you think life in Florence was like. Explain.

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1. Analyze this painting of Renaissance Florence. What more does it tell you about the city and life there?

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Location 1: Ponte Vecchio

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Location 1: Ponte Vecchio

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Location 1: Ponte Vecchio

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Location 1: Ponte Vecchio

2. Question here

In order to connect the Palazzo Vecchio (Florence's town hall) with the Palazzo Pitti, in 1565 Cosimo I de' Medici had Giorgio Vasari build the Vasari Corridor above it.^[4] To enforce the prestige of the bridge, in 1593 the Medici Grand Dukes prohibited butchers from selling there; their place was immediately taken by several gold merchants. A decree was made in 1595 that excluded butchers from selling their meats (only goldsmiths are not prohibited) from this bridge that is constantly applied to this day.^[16] The corporative association of butchers had monopolised the shops on the bridge since 1442. A stone with an inscription from Dante (Paradiso xvi. 140-7) records the spot at the entrance to the bridge where Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti was murdered on behalf of the Amidei, in 1215, initiating the urban fighting of the Guelfs and Ghibellines.

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Location 1: Ponte Vecchio

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Location 1: Ponte Vecchio

3. What types of shops do you think they had on the bridge during the Renaissance?

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Location 2: The Florence Cathedral

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4. The Florence Cathedral is considered one of history’s greatest building achievements. What do you think makes it so special?

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Location 2: The Florence Cathedral

5. Describe how you would feel looking up at the Cathedral from the ground level.

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Location 2: The Florence Cathedral

6. What is something you notice about the cathedral exterior that you didn’t notice before

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