HIST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Lightning, Firenzuola, Ludovico Sforza
2 Apr 2015
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Italy far more urban than other parts of europe. Urban populations organized by occupation which largely corresponded to social position/wealth. Each large city had hierarchy of guilds; large disparity between rich and poor. City gov reflected centrality of commerce/trade to city life. Economic conditions promoted production/consumption of luxury items; supply & demand. Renaissance children who survived infancy found lives governed by parentage/gender. Most city dwellers lived at subsistence; life improved in aftermath of plague for many people. Towns/cities introduced a new sense of social/political cohesiveness. Church remained the spatial, spiritual, social center of people"s lives. Social, economic, political context of renaissance italy shaped era"s artistic achievements. Painting, sculpture, architecture; r. artists challenged old models, developed new techniques, created new style. Reviving classical themes, geometric principles, spirit of human vitality, artists broke from dominant medieval traditions. Brunelleschi (1377-1446) reintroduced planes and spheres as dominant motives (vs gothic style) Donatello (1386-1466) revived statues; greater attn. to human anatomy.
