Renaissance Art Dbq

6. The Renaissance was not restricted to Italy. It spread to northern countries such as France and Germany. One of the cities that benefited greatly from the Renaissance was Burges. The city Burges is in the Flemish region of what is now considered Belgium. The city challenged Italian cities when it came to art and architecture. The merchants of the city supported the arts to the point of obsession (Sayre 535).
The stone walls of residences of royalty were covered in tapestries. They were very colorful, warmed the rooms of the residence, and could be transported with ease. The tapestries were very complex and refined. Still, in the city of Bruges, painting was a critical part in the city’s trade. The artists of the north painted their works with incredible realism. As a result, the Christian Church was not painted in a positive light. The people of the northern cities were constantly reminded of disaster-stricken, destitute situations that they found themselves in, such as the bubonic plague. They painted the crucifixion Jesus as something marked with stupidity and vanity. Through this style of art, inevitable and suffering was exemplified instead of the salvation that the Church taught (Sayre 546). Skepticism plagued not only the common people, but also the aristocrats.
The pessimism did not contain itself to the paintings. …show more content…
This, combined with the Roman commander, Lupicinus, deciding to try and assassinate Goth leaders, hostility grew and boiled over. So, the Goth’s revolted, and war soon broke out (Heather 164-165). In the end, a Roman army was annihilated, Emperor Valens was killed, and Balkan territories were destroyed and looted. Because the Romans were not able to defeat and subdue the Goths, a peace agreement was reached in 382. The empire could not claim a complete victory in the war, but, amazingly, the peace agreement included a Gothic surrender (Heather