Renaissance Continued

• After the plague people wanted to celebrate human life and spirit
• people started to question the church
• Italy's Advantages
• There was and explosion in art from 1300-1600, the renaissance
• They wanted to bring back the life and culture of classical Greek and Rome
• Innovative strides in art and literature
• Italy's 3 Advantages
• Thriving cities
• wealthy merchant class
• classical heritage from Greece and Rome
• City states were spurred by the crusades and oversea travel
• Northern Italy was Urban, the rest of Europe was Rural.
• People exchange Ideas in cities
• The bubonic plague struck in 1300, killing 60% of the population
• Merchants dominated politics, but could not inherit social Rank
• Since 1200, Florence has a Republican Government
• Florence came under the rule of wealthy Bankers called Medici
• Casino de Medici won control of the government in 1434
• He was dictator of Florence for 30 years

PowerPoint

• Northern Italy is the Birthplace of the Renaissance
• Renaissance= Rebirth
• cities were the center of the action
• Milan and Florence had wealthy merchants and Bankers
• Artists in these cities were inspired by the classical art of Greece and Rome
• Milan and Florence are important
• Merchants and Medici
• Merchants dominated political life
• the Medici were powerful banking families
• they paid artists, writers, and musicians
• they were patrons
• Isabella d'Este
• Educated, brilliant
• A gifted singer, lute player, innovative dancer
• Wealthy powerful parents
• she was a Patron, sponsoring painters, sculptors, musicians, writers, architects.