The Medici Family's motives for sponsoring exploration was to gain political and social power. If they could get more popular by becoming a patron that's what they did. They encourage the artists of their time to explore new ideas and was of thinking. They sponsored architects that attempted the impossible, and succeeded. If they were able to involve themselves with those great accomplishments and say that they were the driving force that allowed it to happen, their popularity would have skyrocketed. They were wiling to use others talents to get ahead in the realm of wealth and power and succeeded.
"Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance . Home." PBS. Web. 07 May 2010. http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/index.html
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