Blog entry #2: Telling the Story of the Early Renaissance: 2.7
This chapter introduces the Art of the West or mainly the Art in Florence Italy and its Architecture. Florence was a city with people called merchants. It was one of those cities where tyranny was not allowed, but only the people and republic could run the government body(Art of The West 00:00- 03:58). The people of Florence took interest in Art, Architecture, and trading goods. Most importantly, trading was the main job that made the people of Florence gain income or wealth, People usually traded wool and it was also the center of the European banking system (The Early Renaissance 268). Although, Florence was the center of banking system and trade route, it was most famous for its Art and Architecture. There were two famous artists from Florence who were competing against each other one was Filippo Brunalleschi and the other one was Lorenzo Ghiberti, these two artists were ass...