- Ruled by wealthy merchant families
- Giotto (wall painting)
- Donatello (sculpture)
- Brunelleschi (Florence Cathedral and invented perspective)
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Botticelli
- Michelangelo (was accepted by Lorenzo but later went against him)
- Raphael
Venice
Milan
Quattrocento
Renaissance Spirit
Celebrating the Individual
- Oration on the Dignity of Man
- by Pico della Mirandola
- Opposite of the English viewpoint
- wrote The Book of the Courtier
1494-Charles VIII invaded Italy trying to take Naples
King Ferdinand II contests Charles' right to Naples
- father of political science
- wanted to help the principalities that had been damaged by the Habsburg-Valois War
- 3 pieces of advice for princes from Machiavelli
- Approach relationships pessimistically
- A Prince has to be sly and manipulative
- A Prince must be ruthless and pragmatic (dealing with your enemies to get what you want)
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