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Identify and analyze the characteristics of the 15th century Italian city-states that made them fertile grounds for Renaissance artists.
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Italian city-states in the 15th century were characterized by a rich ruling class, a new focus on beauty, and were subject to powerful socioeconomic change, an environment that made them fertile grounds for artists of the Renaissance.
ReplyDeleteNatalie Leslie: The growth of commerce, the middle class, and the proximity of Roman antiquities all attributed to the influence that the 15th century Italian city states had as fertile grounds for aspiring Renaissance artists.
ReplyDeleteThesis: Italian city-states in the 15th century were environments that had much urban and social practices, rivalries amongst others, and were in close proximity to Roman antiquities; all characteristics that made these city-states fertile grounds for Renaissance artists.
ReplyDeleteIn the 15th century, Italian city-states were characterized by their rich ruling classes, their rivalries with their fellow city-states, and their close proximity to Roman antiquities. These characteristics made them fertile grounds for Renaissance artists.
ReplyDeleteItalian city-states in the 15th century were fertile grounds for Renaissance artists not only because of urban and social practices, but because of their close proximity to Roman antiquities, and also their pride, which led to rivalries amongst other city-states.
ReplyDeleteItalian city-states in the 15th Century were characterized by their abundance of wealth, urban practices and city rivalries, making them fertile grounds for Renaissance artists.
ReplyDelete-Hannah Skipper
Profound economic growth, feudal anarchy, city pride and rivalries helped create a fertile environment for 15th century renaissance artists in Italian city-states.
ReplyDeleteMallory Ham: The 15th century Italian city-states are classified as fertile grounds for Renaissance artists because of their proximity to Roman antiquities, their rivalries with other city-states, and their abundance of wealth.
ReplyDeleteIn the 15th Century, what characterized the Italian city-states and made them fertile grounds for Renaissance artists were their great wealth, their new perspective on life, including humanity and nature, their proximity to Roman antiquities, the rivalries between the city-states caused many times by the cities' pride, and their social and urban practices.
ReplyDelete-Estephany Galarza
Italian city-states in the 15th century were characterized by the wealthy rulin class, urban and social practices as well as city rivalries that made them such fertile grounds for the Renaissance artists.
ReplyDeleteLinda Zheung