Italian Renaissance

Diffusion

Germany and Northern Europe

France

Spain and Portugal

Inspiration

Break with medieval tradition

Revival of the Classics

Humanist ideals

Stimulus

Invention of printing

Influx of Byzantine scholars

Wealth

Characteristics

Patronage

Urban phenomenon

Firenze

Venice

Rome

Political theory

Machiavelli

Savonarola

Science

Leonardo da Vinci

Galileo

Arts

Architecture

Brunelleschi

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Andrea Palladio

Painting

Masaccio

Piero della Francesca

Botticelli

Literature

Dante

Boccaccio

Ariosto

Petrarca

Patronage

i Medici