MARS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Ciompi Revolt, Marsilio Ficino, Fra Angelico
18 Apr 2012
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In this lecture, we will try to explain how the city of florence became the center of the italian renaissance. + the citizens were enjoying standards of living that were unequal in. Europe: the importance of the woolen industry. + became wealthy from industry, and focused only on refining the woolen cloth to make it into textiles. It encouraged the city to be a city of inquiry, people began to think from making money, and wanted to experiment: the city"s intellectual achievement between 14th and 16th centuries. + new ideas and artistic culture to give florence a leading edge in the. This was originally stunted by the church . They encouraged their great thinkers for culture instead of advancements. ( from the economic revival came competition. ) 2: the great names associated with the city: dante, petrarch, boccaccio, and machiavelli (literature); giotto, fra angelico, botticelli, and. Leonardo da vinci (painting); donatello, michelangelo, and cellini (sculpture); marsilio ficino (philosophy).
