ITALIAN RENAISSANCE (aug 17, 1400 – aug 17, 1599)
Description:
Caused by internal and external tensions in Italian city states, wealth of patrons and silk and wool economy and banking, geographically in right place (links Greek and Latin cultures), and used to be home of Greek colonies
HIS: humanism, individualism, secularism:
-Civic Humanism: studied classics to learn how to better rule, studied Greek
-Individualism: artists now toil for own glory, not God's
-astrology, alchemy, kabbalah
-Art: wealthy patrons demanded naturalistic style, used fresco, oil painting...ART TECHS
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