Republic of Florence

Italian City-States Essay Florence, Venice and Genoa were the three most successful city-states during the Renaissance period. The Renaissance was a rebirth that occurred throughout most of Europe. However , the changes that we associate with the Renaissance first transpired in the city-state of Florence. The city’s strategic location, climate and leadership all made Florence a model of the Renaissance culture. These factors are what led me to my decision, that Florence was the most…

As a tribute to the story of the Bible, Donatello and Michelangelo both recreated David through their own interpretations. Both artists were similarly influenced by the environment around them as they recreated this figure. The sculpted faces of Donatello’s and Michelangelo’s Davids each reflect a representation of the Florentine government at the time of their creation. Although the actual date of the sculpting of David is unknown, a rough estimate claims for it to be around 1420s to 1460s.…

Renaissance; Kati Main topics •Evolution of Italian Renaissance ◦Florence= birthplace of Renaissance and very successful city state ◾Wool industry was major factor in city’s financial expansion and political increase ◾Dominated European banking ◾Florence still remained economically stable after Black Death, huge debt issues, and labor unrest ◦Balance of power among Italian City States Communes and republics ◾Northern Italian cities = communes (sworn associations of free…

Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, written in 1513, stands out as the one advice book that transcended all others. In The Prince, Machiavelli argued against the humanist ideal for its insistence on the prince’s virtues as he, instead, provided a synthesis of rational deployment of force as well as the exercise of virtue. Perhaps due to his encouragement for a prince to dissemble, in other words, to make all his actions appear virtuous, whether they are so or not, Machiavelli’s political…

Michaelangelo for short, was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, the republic of Florence, Italy. His father, Lodovico Buonarroti, served as a Florentine government agent for a short amount of time. The family moved back to Florence before Michelangelo was even one month old. Michelangelo's mother died when he was six. When he was 13, he was an apprentice for Domenico Ghirlandaio who was the most fashionable painter in Florence at the time. Domenico Ghirlandaio was born in 1449, and passed in…

the body of David, shaping and sculpting him into a symbolic figure of their time. The bible 's story of David and Goliath was a notable symbol of the light overcoming the darkness that influenced numerous years of commissioned art in the city of Florence Italy. The real question is why were there so many sculpture representations of David throughout the history of art? In Book 1 Samuel of the Bible, the chronicle of the battle between David and Goliath is told. It begins with Saul and his men,…

The Renaissance was the rebirth of European culture, occurring between the 14th and 16th centuries. This time period was the bridge between the medical ages and modern history. During the Renaissance the prince, nobility and citizenry all had different expectations of what their roles and responsibilities in the Italian State were. Each class had to partake in their role in order to keep society at peace and moving forward. Whether it was to serve their king or protect sovereignty of the state,…

that an ideal society is unobtainable, and operating on this knowledge, the focus of those in power should be better spent on political stability, even if immoral action was required to maintain such stability. Without Machiavelli, the idea of a Republic, a state run by the people who reside within the nation under the shared law, whose purpose is to maintain justice and order through constitutional bindings, would not exist as…

The center of the Renaissance was located in Florence, Italy and Humanism grew directly out of it. Niccolo Machiavelli was at the center of it all. Machiavelli was born in 1469 in Florence, Italy. He attended the University of Florence and was given a full humanist education. He got a job as the secretary to the Second Chancery in Florence and became a diplomat. He traveled…

David is one of Michelangelo’s most prized prices of work. David is a gigantic marble sculpture that was created by him during the years of 1501 through 1504 after returning to Florence. The purpose of David was to be a patriotic symbol of a hero because of the time period Florence was going through with the threats towards them. David showed a model or heroic courage and expressed that his inner spiritual strength can overcome anything that comes his way. Also as well, Michelangelo…