FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Toga, Filippo Brunelleschi, Andrea Pisano
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We come up with this idea of civic rivalries. It was a power house city in tuscany. Now we think italy as a unified nation, but back in the renaissance it wasn"t like that. Back in the middle ages and renaissance, italy had a lot of different ruled by princes and rulers. Other parts of italy were under foreign domination. There are different political organizations and political interests. In the city of florence, it was certainly the birth place of the renaissance. But as a city it was largely a late-medieval city. This has to do with the best of interest, in building up the city in the. These monuments became symbols of what it meant to be a part of the city. Florence cathedral the church, tower and the baptistry. Right image palazzo vecchio: the town hall and the cathedral were products of the.
