Drinking : Coffee!
Activity : History Essay Planning [as well as msn.]
SO. Im going to edit this throughout the night with various and sundry things I discover on wikipedia as Im planning my essay.
So.
Get ready for a lot of random Renaissance facts.
Like, really random.
facts 1 - 3 : added at 1.01 am
Renaissance Fact 1 : Filippo Brunelleschi and Donatello [Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi] were good friends.
In case you dont know.
Brunelleschi : Did the super-sexy dome on the Basilica di Santa Maria di Fiore in Florence. Biggest dome in the wooorld, baby!
Donatello : Had a teenage mutant ninja turtle named after him. [more important than what follows.. xD] Created the bronze David [sculpture].
. 
They did all sorts of things together.
Like.
x. Went and studied ancient ruins in Rome
- Brunelleschi for his architecture [of the dome!]
- Donatello for his sculpture
x. Made little models of the dome together
From what Ive learned, they both had rather volatile personalities.
Donatello was very untrusting, and Brunelleschi was very.. Easily angered?
Renaissance Fact 2 : Donatello's David Has A Really Small Penis
Its like a little baby carrot!
Seriously!
Go examine it, or something.
Its miniiiii. Mini penis!
I told my dad, and he goes "You know, you have a point. A lot of Renaissance art has their men rather lacking in size. Maybe they just weren't well hung back then?"
I laughed so hard. xD
Renaissance Fact 3 : Raphael Died From Having Sex
Yes. Raphael. The one the ninja turtle is named after.
He died. From having too much sex. xD
"According to Vasari, Raphael's premature death on Good Friday (April 6, 1520) (possibly his 37th birthday), was caused by a night of excessive sex with Luti, after which he fell into a fever and, not telling his doctors that this was its cause, was given the wrong cure, which killed him."
[Luti = Raphael's mistress.]
Kate goes ".. ABSTAIN, KIDS!"
But honestly? Who wouldn't want to do that? That is what I call sexy.
Oh yeaaaah.
-dies laughing-
fact 4 : added at 2.36 am
Renaissance Fact 4 : Giuliano de' Medici's ILLEGITIMATE son became Pope Clement VII.
Okay so I know this one seems pretty random.
I guess I could stand to tell you who Giuliano was.
So there were these two brothers, Lorenzo and Giuliano. Lorenzo was the eldest.
On Easter Sunday, 1478, he was stabbed to death [19 times!] in the Duomo [cathedral] of Florence by Pazzi [rival family] conspirators. They tried to kill his brother.. And failed.
And Lorenzo went on to become Lorenzo the Magnificent, and was patron to such artists as Michelangelo [whom he took into his own home], Da Vinci, Botticelli, and others.
So now that you have background.
When his brother was murderized, Lorenzo adopted his illegitimate son.
Who went on to become a pope.
A POPE.
A love-child!
facts 5 & 6 : added at 5.30 am
Renaissance Fact 5 : Giorgio Vasari loved to gossip -- even in his biographies of artists.
Gosh.
The world is obsessed with gossiping.
How silly. xD
Though now I want to read it, and see what he says about everyone.
ESPECIALLY BRUNELLESCHI AND DONATELLO. LOL.
Renaissance Fact 6 : Michelangelo was a perfectionist.
Yeah, thats right.
If there was one flaw in his work, he considered it ruined.
So there ya go.
Im not crazy -- Im like Michelangelo.
That makes me feel better about myself, though. Yay! Like.
Im not the only one. Rofl. Well, I know Im not.
But Michelangelo!
Like.
x. Went and studied ancient ruins in Rome
- Brunelleschi for his architecture [of the dome!]
- Donatello for his sculpture
x. Made little models of the dome together
From what Ive learned, they both had rather volatile personalities.
Donatello was very untrusting, and Brunelleschi was very.. Easily angered?
Renaissance Fact 2 : Donatello's David Has A Really Small Penis
Its like a little baby carrot!
Seriously!
Go examine it, or something.
Its miniiiii. Mini penis!
I told my dad, and he goes "You know, you have a point. A lot of Renaissance art has their men rather lacking in size. Maybe they just weren't well hung back then?"
I laughed so hard. xD
Renaissance Fact 3 : Raphael Died From Having Sex
Yes. Raphael. The one the ninja turtle is named after.
He died. From having too much sex. xD
"According to Vasari, Raphael's premature death on Good Friday (April 6, 1520) (possibly his 37th birthday), was caused by a night of excessive sex with Luti, after which he fell into a fever and, not telling his doctors that this was its cause, was given the wrong cure, which killed him."
[Luti = Raphael's mistress.]
Kate goes ".. ABSTAIN, KIDS!"
But honestly? Who wouldn't want to do that? That is what I call sexy.
Oh yeaaaah.
-dies laughing-
fact 4 : added at 2.36 am
Renaissance Fact 4 : Giuliano de' Medici's ILLEGITIMATE son became Pope Clement VII.
Okay so I know this one seems pretty random.
I guess I could stand to tell you who Giuliano was.
So there were these two brothers, Lorenzo and Giuliano. Lorenzo was the eldest.
On Easter Sunday, 1478, he was stabbed to death [19 times!] in the Duomo [cathedral] of Florence by Pazzi [rival family] conspirators. They tried to kill his brother.. And failed.
And Lorenzo went on to become Lorenzo the Magnificent, and was patron to such artists as Michelangelo [whom he took into his own home], Da Vinci, Botticelli, and others.
So now that you have background.
When his brother was murderized, Lorenzo adopted his illegitimate son.
Who went on to become a pope.
A POPE.
A love-child!
facts 5 & 6 : added at 5.30 am
Renaissance Fact 5 : Giorgio Vasari loved to gossip -- even in his biographies of artists.
Gosh.
The world is obsessed with gossiping.
How silly. xD
Though now I want to read it, and see what he says about everyone.
ESPECIALLY BRUNELLESCHI AND DONATELLO. LOL.
Renaissance Fact 6 : Michelangelo was a perfectionist.
Yeah, thats right.
If there was one flaw in his work, he considered it ruined.
So there ya go.
Im not crazy -- Im like Michelangelo.
That makes me feel better about myself, though. Yay! Like.
Im not the only one. Rofl. Well, I know Im not.
But Michelangelo!
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