Sowhere did it all begin ITALY

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Sowhere did it all begin? ITALY

• In the 1400s, Italy was not the unified.
• Divided into small independent states.
• Different families controlled the large and
  wealth city-states of Florence, Milan, and
  Venice.

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Why Did the Renaissance Begin in Italy?

• Center of the Roman civilization.
• had all the remains of the glory that was Rome in
  architectural and artistic fields.
• Italian cities had survived the Middle Ages and
  grown into prosperous centers of trade and
  manufacturing.
• A wealthy merchant class in the Italian
  city-states stressed education and individual
  achievement and spent lavishly on the arts.

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The Role of Florence

• Like most it was a center of banking, trade and
  manufacturing.
• Became the cultural center of Europe whose patron
  influence by the Medici Family made it possible.
• Florence produced an amazing number of gifted
  poets, artists, architects, scholars, and
  scientists.

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Medici FamilyLed the Cultural Revolution

• Medici, Italian banking and political family that
  ruled Florence for almost three centuries.
• Through its extensive European commerce and
  banking, the family became one of the richest in
  15th-century Italy.
• Invited philosophers and writers to their homes
  and court when in political power.
• Patronage of the arts became a tradition in the
  Medici family and encouraged patronage by others
  in the community.

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