Worldly And Eternal Medici Era Tomb Monument

Renaissance, just like a beautiful picture, absorbs the curiosity and the admiration of human being for a long time. Humanism has been seen as the Zeitgeist of this period opposing to Christian faith. In fact, various corruptions rising from Christian Church are more danger than the arising of Secular regimes, the discovery of New World, and the development of physical science, on the contrary, Church makes use of achievements of Humanism to consolidate government, improve self image. Like the king and the rich, Church became one of the most important patrons.Returning to the acient is the fundamental features of Humanism, and in essence is the recreation based on the integration. What behind it is self-display on the spirit level. Emerging from such background, luxurious tomb monuments not only show that art take a importance role in the social-cultural life, but also reflect the changes in the art world, and culminate in the art practice of genius Michelangelo Buonarotti. Michelangelo grow up during the late of fifteen century, received the light of intelligence inspired by Cosimo de'Medici (the elder) and the seed of liberty planted by the Magnificent Lorenzo de' Medici. He poured the elite consciousness into art practice, enhanced the subject in the art production, liberated the subject from patronage relations, obtained splendid achievements in three visual arts, painting, sculpture, architecture, and at lat accomplished the change of social and cultural structure.There is no great art patron, there is no great artist. The Medici controlled the political and economical events in Florence and Rome, even the whole Italy, and its cultural actions marked an age. Tomb monuments become the symbol of Medici Age because its monumental, public, and artistic characters. Therefore, I shall use the method of social-culture history, study the tomb monuments in the age of Medici in wider historical context.