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Their location along the Mediterranean Sea made them major centers of trade.
The Italian Renaissance (note capitalization) is not a genre but a period of Italian history which saw major developments in a variety of artistic genres.
Their location along the Mediterranean Sea made them major centers of trade. :)
The major TRADE Cities were: Rome, Florence, Venice, Bologna, Naples and Milan.
Italian Renaissance such as Michelangelo painters focused most on technical detail and perspective. For Baroque painters, emotion was the main focus.
Symbolism was a major part of Italian/northern Renaissance art, and dogs were used to symbolize loyalty.
Florence was were it started and then it spread across Europe
There were only two major Renaissances in Europe. There was the Northern Renaissance and the Italian Renaissance. If you want to know the differences, there is a link below to help you learn the difference between the two and what caused them to happen in different time periods.
Trade
Yes. In fact swimming was a major sport in that time period.
Cloth, Cotton, Silk, Gold, Silver, and the big on... Wool
Italian RenaissancePre-early Renaissance = Giotto, Gentile da Fabriano Early Renaissance = Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Uccello, Leonardo da VinciHigh Renaissance = Leonardo da Vinci (not really as he did not follow what was popular in the High Renaissance), Raphael, Michelangelo, early Titian, Giorgione