the renaissance began in the area of italy called florence.
what area of italy did the renaissance began?
florence
the renaissance began in tuscany (central italy), and was centred in the city of florence. florence, one of the several city-states of the peninsula, rose to economic prominence by providing credit for european monarchs and laying down the groundwork for capitalism and banking. the renaissance later spread to venice, heart of a mediterranean empire and in control of the trade routes with the east since the participation in the crusades and the voyages of marco polo, where the remains of ancient greek culture were brought together and provided humanist scholars with new texts. finally the renaissance had a significant effect on the papal states and rome, largely rebuilt by humanist and renaissance popes (such as alexander vi and julius ii), who were frequently involved in italian politics, in arbitrating disputes between competing colonial powers and in opposing the reformation.
italian renaissance
alexander raunch in "the art of the high renaissance and mannerism in rome and central italy", 2007, states the high renaissance began in 1490, while marilyn stokstad in "art history", 2008, states it began in the 1490s. frederick hartt states that da vinci's the "last supper", the painting of which began in 1495 and concluded in 1498, makes a complete break with the early renaissance and created the world in which michelangelo and raphael worked while christoph luitpold frommel, in his 2012 article "bramante and the origins of the high renaissance," states the "last supper" is the first high renaissance work but adds that the peak period of the high renaissance was actually 1505 to 1513. david piper in "the illustrated history of art", 1991, also cites the "last supper" writing the work announced the high renaissance and was one of the most influential paintings of the high renaissance, but contradictorily states that the high renaissance began just after 1500. burchkardt stated the high renaissance started at the close of the 15th century, while franz kugler, who wrote the first "modern" survey text, "handbook of art history" in 1841, and hugh honour and john fleming in "the visual arts: a history", 2009, state the high renaissance started at the beginning of the 16th century. another seminal work of art which was created in the 1495-1500 timeframe was michelangelo's the pietà, housed in st. peter's basilica, vatican city, which was executed in 1498-99.
high renaissance