Art Appreciation Test #3 Italian Renaissance Essay

Question 0

what are the 3 things that affected the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 0

1. Humanism
2. Plague
3. Constantinople

Question 1

How did humanism affect the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 1

• renewed interest in many things
  
  • education (made it more important) - math, science, & literature all made great advances
• Petrarch was from Florence (part of reason why Humanism was there)

Question 2

how did the Plague affect the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 2

1. pop. will crash
   
   • estimated 50% of all Europeans would die in 5 yr period
   • economy crashes
2. pop. will boom back & economy will boom back
3. very large middle class is formed
   
   • bc workers drive pay now bc employers need them
4. middle class starts buying luxuries
   
   • starts sending kids to schools, starts buying art & books & other luxurious things
   • could afford to buy everything that makes the Renaissance the Renaissance
     
     • Florence got the Plague 1st & recovered 1st

Question 3

How did Constantinople affect the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 3

• Western Roman Empire fell but Eastern didn’t, they were just fine
  
  • became known as Byzantium
• all the smart people in Byzantium left when Muslims invaded Constantinople
  - moved to Italy, particularly Florence (bc culture & language = similar between 2 places)
• smart people who fled Constantinople brought back advanced ideas & knowledge to Florence