Florence

Question 1

Mendicant Churches

Answer 1

The Franciscan church of Assisi
Santa Croce
The Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella
- Influence of the mendicant orders provided artist with an opportunity

Question 2

St Dominic

Answer 2

• Founder of the Dominican order- more of a statesman that a saint
• began the Order of the Friars Preachers, bringing heretics back to the faith
• started a religious community in Tuscany

Question 3

St Francis

Answer 3

Wanted to repair churches and follow simple rules like: chastity, humility, obedience and absolute poverty

Question 4

Middle Ages to Early Renaissance

Answer 4

• extreme with which religion permeated everyday experiences
• inclination to use images to embody thought. These images quickly solidified into rigid symbols, some of which hardened into a mere external shell

Question 5

Siena and Florence

Answer 5

• Siena- Duccio
• Florence- Giotto
  Duccio initiated new period in aesthetics characterised by combination of style with new methods. Made use of several classical and Byzantine conventions
  Giotto was the main figure of the Florentine tradition

Question 6

Why did the renaissance begin in Florence?

Answer 6

• political environment and leadership
• economic prosperity and trade
• social structure and intellectual climate
• great patrons and private wealth
• the role of the church

Had a constitution of limited power to the nobility. Ideal city state where citizens had the right to participate in government