| Florence is well known for the birth of | | | | behaviour on earth, without religious |
| Renaissance art, as Italy itself is generally known | | | | considerations. These included Salutati, Bruni, |
| for the start of western art as we know it. This | | | | Marsuppini and Poggio. |
| article uncovers the rise of Renaissance art in the | | | | The competitiveness of a previously un-linked |
| city, and examines why it started here. | | | | Italy made each province and town compete |
| At the time of the rise of Renaissance oil | | | | against each other through the size and grandness |
| paintings Florence was a wealthy, highly | | | | of their architectural constructions and to a lesser |
| prosperous part of what we now call Italy. The | | | | extent the breadth and quality of their arts |
| city was run by businessmen rather than a | | | | collections. This competition helped to push each |
| monarchy and could plan the city's dealings | | | | of the most notable families in this region to push |
| without involvement from external sources. The | | | | the boundaries of art quickly and relentlessly in |
| rulers were intellectual and interested in new ideas | | | | order to keep up their image against other |
| and cultural development. | | | | families of merchants, bankers and manufacturers |
| Several of Florence's Chancellors were significant | | | | who were doing similar. |
| humanists, who believed in moral responsibility and | | | | |