Renaissance in Veneto and Tuscany
Italian artists were representative of the Renaissance but were not representative of Italy as a whole during the Renaissance. Italy, throughout the Renaissance, was not unlike other European countries. The country faced the same decline in population due to the plague and a steady rise in population after the plague. Most of the country, like most of Europe, was rural and made up of peasants. The Renaissance, however, did not occur within the majority of Europe with the rural peasants. The Renaissance was a resurgence of classical art and education among richer men, especially men from Italy. Many famous Renaissance artists were Italian, such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, and Michelangelo Simoni. …show more content…
Sicily/Naples makes up 40% of the entire population of Italy. The region in Italy with the highest urban population was Lombardy at 32.6%, but there was still 67.4% of the Lombardy population in rural areas. Lombardy, on the other hand, only totaled 8% of the entire population of Italy, making its urban population less impactful in comparison to Sicily/Naples. Since Sicily/Naples had the most people in its region, the more likely it is to assume that it would have the most artists in Italy. Surprisingly, Veneto and Tuscany were the two regions with the most artists. Veneto and Tuscany were the third and sixth in population distribution respectively with Tuscany having the higher concentration of artists. In both regions, similar to all the other Italian regions, there were more peasants than artists, nobles, and merchants, but they still had the most artists in Italy. Using the Peter Burke survey, the surveyors expected the artists to come from the more populated regions of Italy, simply because there were more people increasing the chance of more artists. However, most artists did not originate from peasantry but from artisans, merchants, and …show more content…
Non-visual artists include historians and poets while visual artists include painters and sculptors. Most visual artists originate from artisans and merchants whereas non-visual artists originate from nobles. Visual artists do not need as formal of an education to become painters or sculptors because they can learn through apprenticeships. Non-visual artists need a more formal education in the Renaissance’s Humanism subjects such as history, literature, grammar, and philosophy to become historians or poets. Nobles are able to afford formal education since most are from wealthy families. Artisans and merchants typically have enough money to afford apprenticeships but not a formal, higher
Italian artists were representative of the Renaissance but were not representative of Italy as a whole during the Renaissance. Italy, throughout the Renaissance, was not unlike other European countries. The country faced the same decline in population due to the plague and a steady rise in population after the plague. Most of the country, like most of Europe, was rural and made up of peasants. The Renaissance, however, did not occur within the majority of Europe with the rural peasants. The Renaissance was a resurgence of classical art and education among richer men, especially men from Italy. Many famous Renaissance artists were Italian, such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, and Michelangelo Simoni. …show more content…
Sicily/Naples makes up 40% of the entire population of Italy. The region in Italy with the highest urban population was Lombardy at 32.6%, but there was still 67.4% of the Lombardy population in rural areas. Lombardy, on the other hand, only totaled 8% of the entire population of Italy, making its urban population less impactful in comparison to Sicily/Naples. Since Sicily/Naples had the most people in its region, the more likely it is to assume that it would have the most artists in Italy. Surprisingly, Veneto and Tuscany were the two regions with the most artists. Veneto and Tuscany were the third and sixth in population distribution respectively with Tuscany having the higher concentration of artists. In both regions, similar to all the other Italian regions, there were more peasants than artists, nobles, and merchants, but they still had the most artists in Italy. Using the Peter Burke survey, the surveyors expected the artists to come from the more populated regions of Italy, simply because there were more people increasing the chance of more artists. However, most artists did not originate from peasantry but from artisans, merchants, and …show more content…
Non-visual artists include historians and poets while visual artists include painters and sculptors. Most visual artists originate from artisans and merchants whereas non-visual artists originate from nobles. Visual artists do not need as formal of an education to become painters or sculptors because they can learn through apprenticeships. Non-visual artists need a more formal education in the Renaissance’s Humanism subjects such as history, literature, grammar, and philosophy to become historians or poets. Nobles are able to afford formal education since most are from wealthy families. Artisans and merchants typically have enough money to afford apprenticeships but not a formal, higher