[HIST 2] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (26 pages long!)
30 Mar 2017
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Northern italy (a) city-states (florence) (b) humanism (c) art (perspective) Carrying money = heavy, easy to lose. Credit = trust between the individual and bank. Patronage = someone that give you a job; pays money; commissions. Competition (in order to have great art) They made money because they were foreign exchange money lenders. A: diversification (putting money in different places) Usury: high interest when you borrow money from a bank. Ancient greek texts* and scholars (the byzantium) Scholasticism had no influence on the renaissance. Thinks artists should study antiquity and nature. Woman in the forests with the angels. 1 man, 1 woman; lounging with angels (descriptions of different paintings) Woman looking at kneeling angel (descriptions of different paintings) Outline: northern italy (a) high renaissance (b) decline. Educated, refined manners, has art and literature knowledge. Fight because they are being paid to. S&f fought each other over the city-states. War - mercenaries; no money = no war.
