EUH 3931 Lecture Notes - Danse Macabre, Ghent Altarpiece, Kunsthistorisches Museum
3 Mar 2014
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Note: while many ap courses cover the entire renaissance from. 1300-1600, the ap exam will only cover information after 1450: background, the renaissance is considered the beginning of modern european. Rise of the italian city-states: northern italian cities developed international trade: genoa, venice, Milan: signori (despots) or oligarchies (rule of merchant aristocracies) controlled much of italy by 1300, commenda: contract between merchant and merchant-adventurer who agreed to take goods to distant locations and return with the proceeds (for. Florence and became unofficial ruler of the republic: lorenzo de" medici (the magnificent ) (1449- 1492): significant patron of the arts (son of cosimo: duchy of milan ruled by sforza family after 1450. Milan was a principal adversary of venice and florence until the peace of. Although the medici family returned to power several years later, Florence by then was severely weakened: girolamo savonarola became the unofficial leader of florence between. Pledged to rid florence of its decadence and corruption.
