1. Financial Prosperity. After the Black Death, the population decreased so drastically that the income per person in Italy increased, allowing expenditure on art and literature.
Besides, the emergence of weathy merchant banking families such as the Medici who value arts very much had powerful influence upon the development of Renaissance ideas.
2. The active patronage in Florence, especially by the Medici. Their direct participation in the artist' forecourt made it a distinct characteristics of Early Renaissance Art.
3. The switch from the church as the major patron of art into private patron (the Medici family)
4. The use of arts as visual statement for the patron's wealth or political power. Throughout the Dark Age, art was used for religous purpose but now, it has financial and political purpose, which elevated the status of visual art and the artists.
5. The emergence of Humanism and Neo-platonistic thoughts, led by wealthy class (the Medici). Unline the Byzantine art, individual expression were valued and thus artiist were encouraged to express themselves in an origninal way.
It was termed the Renaissance.
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Europeans began exploring the world in the late fifteenth century primarily due to a desire for new trade routes and access to valuable commodities like spices, silk, and precious metals. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 disrupted traditional trade routes to Asia, prompting nations like Spain and Portugal to seek alternative paths. Advances in navigation technology and a spirit of curiosity driven by the Renaissance also fueled exploration. Additionally, the competition for empire and spreading Christianity motivated European powers to expand their influence globally.
the rediscovery of Greco-Roman culture
Historians sometimes refer to the late fifteenth century as "new monarchies" or "Renaissance states" because in the renaissance time new discoveries had been affected by the first rulers.The historians usually refer to the monarchies of the late fifteenth century as Renaissance states because of the type of governance in these states.
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It was termed the Renaissance.
Humanism was a strong characteristic of the Renaissance which began in Italy early in the fifteenth century with artists like Brunelleschi and Donatello.
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Ballet emerged in the late fifteenth-century Renaissance court culture of Italy as a dance interpretation of fencing (from wikipiedia)
The 'Renaissance Man' was a man who participated in all forms of intellectual pursuit, from art, to science, to invention, and everything else. Leonardo DaVinci is considered the perfect Renaissance man.
The term 'renaissance' means re-birth or revival. The four­teenth and fifteenth centuries are known Italian Renaissance, which saw a return to the Classical Greco-Roman view of humanity as opposed to the dominant Christian view of humanity that prevailed in the Middle Ages.What_do_you_understand_by_renaissance
The famous Alexandrian responsible for the most popular map printed from movable type in the fifteenth century is Claudius Ptolemy. His work, "Geographia," originally written in the 2nd century, was crucial in the development of cartography. Ptolemy's maps were rediscovered during the Renaissance and widely printed, significantly influencing European geography and exploration.
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