Evolution, Change, And Transformation Of The Italian Renaissance

Evolution, change, progressing, transformation . . . the Renaissance. A cultural rebirth, a time of change, of the progression back into the Roman and Greek arts and literature, a time period that was remembered. Power and wealth were key to the rebirth of the arts, and Italy an ideal location. In the Italian Renaissance, people began to look beyond tangible ideas, alternatively, pondering the abstract world, the philosophy of life, reforming the Christian Church into art, and artist freedom along with commissioned work were brought into practice, but not only was there a rebirth of the art, there was a changing of the government and people. To begin to unveil that story of the Italian Renaissance, one has to look into the philosophy of the
One example was Christian humanists which refers to a Northern humanists who interpreted Italian ideas about attitude towards classical antiquity and humanism in terms of their own religious traditions. They reformed the arts and changed the thinking of the artistic style, for people began to have a more firm belief in Christianity. The belief of the Christian faith and God was used in paintings, for artist such as Michelangelo incorporated the belief into their faith. Another example, is the belief that God controlled all. For they believed God created the unique personality in the art and in individuals, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci best embodied the new concept. The Christian belief began to take over the arts and the artist style of painting. Wealthy citizens also commissioned works that were religious or part of the church, sculptures murals, and other works were created to help show the Christian faith. Henceforth, the Christian faith was very influential in the rebirth of the ancient arts and it created a movement of faith in many
Many northern Italian states became communes, sworn associations of free men in Italian cities led by merchant guilds that sought political and economic independence from local nobles. The powerful nobles became independent taking power, along with reforming the way the government was ran. Families began to marry for relationships and power, but the repercussions were a rebellion of the popolo, common people living in the cities that resented their exclusion from power, for they were heavily taxed, in the end the rebellion failed, though some Italian cities changed. One large problem that stopped the government of the Italian Renaissance to be unified was the hunger for power in the five major city-states. With different governing bodies and the competition of power and trade among cities, there was not political centralization. Venice, Milan, and Florence were all republics though they had powerful merchants, families, or public officials who ran the cities. Controlled by the major city-states the minor ones fought for territory violently among themselves.The Italian politics resembled a jungle, with no dominant power whether a powerful king or a Republic, there was no unity in city-states, finally leading to war and battles between city states, with Italy eventually achieving unification in 1870. To conclude, during the Italian Renaissance arts were