HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Artists and scholars found classical works in the city’s museums
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Queen Elizabeth supported playwrights and poets
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The Pope brought the Catholic Church great wealth which was spent on art
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The Medicis paid artists and scholars to pursue their work
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Medici, an art-loving family of wealthy bankers (and three popes), helped fund the Renaissance. They regularly hosted artists and commissioned art for their palace and their family tomb-the Medici Chapel-a masterpiece by Michelangelo.
Detailed explanation-2: -The work they had artists produce also had a political purpose-acting as potent symbols of the family’s dominion in virtually all aspects of society in Florence and effectively boosting the city as an art center in the process.
Detailed explanation-3: -In conclusion, historians have identified several causes of the Renaissance in Europe, including: increased interaction between different cultures, the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman texts, the emergence of humanism, different artistic and technological innovations, and the impacts of conflict and death.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Renaissance arrived at different countries at varying times-Italy was the first to experience this movement beginning in the 14th century while the it did not reach England until the sixteenth century. A general consensus among historians is that by the early 17th century, the Renaissance had come to an end.