The_Renaissance

The Renaissance The Renaissance was born around the 1300s when Europe experienced an explosion of creativity, a rebirth of art and learning. Its epicenter: northern Italy. Why' Other places in Europe were busy fighting wars, the Hundred Years’ War, in particular. However, Italy had three very important advantages that allowed the Renaissance to initiate: growth of urban centers, merchants, and a classical heritage. The spread of the artistic ideas was caused primarily by the physical movement of artists themselves. An invasion of 1494 by a French king to overtake Italy caused artists and writers to seek refuge in the North. With them they brought their styles and techniques. Others included students who studied in Italy who also brought back their learning, which accompanied that of the masters’, consequently illuminating the North and revolutionizing their areas renaissance, italy, spread, works, printing, people, ideas, europe, vernacular, themselves, revolutionary, press, now, northern, north, learning, caused, brought, artists, art, allowed, the, years’, writers, wars, war, very, urban, uneducated, understand, time, through, three, thoughts, theme, techniques