Italian Renaissance

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• The Renaissance was a rebirth that took place throughout Europe, it was started in Italy because of three advantages: thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and the heritage of Greece and Rome. `The Italian Renaissance was the rebirth of art and classical knowledge. It was a rich period of development where art became very popular in the evolving civilization. Due to the renaissance rebirth there was a greater need for: scientists, artists, and architects, many of them also used the ancient Greek and Roman ideas to help with their own projects. There were three types of renaissance too; early, high and late. In the early renaissance Sandro Batticelli, Giotto di Bondone, Donatello, and Masaccio were born into major artists and sculptors. During the High Renaissance some of the biggest artists such as: Leonardo da Vinci , Michelangelo, and Titian became popular. In the Late Renaissance works of Pontormo, Parmigianino, and Rosso Fiorentino came to be known. The Feast of the Gods painting was done by Alfonso, and has become a master piece of the Italian Renaissance era. Da Vinci was a man of both worlds, he was known not only for his amazing artwork but also for his great knowledge in science. Unlike the regular artists In his time he was a painter, architect, musician, inventor/engineer, sculptor and scientist. He was born in 1452 and in 1483 he moved to Milan where he completed his first artwork-Madonna on the Rocks. Leonardo da Vinci was also known to be a phenomenal inventor and engineer, he was asked by the government to build all kind of buildings and even create new weapons. Before his death in 1519 he started drawing hundreds of human body sketches, he found the people he wanted to draw from the nearby morgue. Da Vinci w...

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...th Michelangelo on the Sistine chapel, but died an unaccomplished and poor man at the age of 65. During the renaissance Italy had many city-states. Each City-state had their own ruler: Rome- pope, Florence- the Medici family, Venice- the Dodge, and Milan- the Sforza family. With all the different rulers having their own thoughts and rules there were many conflicts and rivalries during this time of peace.

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