Compared with medieval art, the purpose of renaissance art was to

a. support the role of patrons.
b. support the role of the church
c. show the wealth of patrons.
d. show the wealth of the church.

The right answer is “show the wealth of patrons”. In the Renaissance, a patron was a wealthy person who sponsored an artist for their work. For example, the Medici Family was one of those, they were a famous family from Florence who ruled and supported of the arts. Lorenzo the Magnificent, a famous member of it, is well-known for sponsoring Italian artists such as Michelangelo and Botticelli.

Compared with Medieval art, the purpose of Renaissance art was to show the wealth of patrons.

Further Explanations:

Renaissance in European History spanned amid the 14th century and 17th century with the advancement of European middle age to modernity. The conceptual source of the theory was its genre of Humanism attained from Roman concepts of Humanities and classical Greek philosophical Protagoras stating that “man is the ration of all things” which became ostensible in science, literate, politics and art, and architecture.

The medieval art conveys the lifestyle of the patrons of that era who initially were the wealthy persons sponsoring artist for work. As we can see those Medici families were among those who were famous sponsoring those arts. Cosimo de' Medici also known as “Father of Fatherland” was an Italian bank officer and a politician and the first from the family of Medici to rule Florence during the Italian Renaissance. He established his authority from wealth, which he used to sway voters of the municipal councilors and officials. His authority was like a danger to the anti-Medici party administered by leaders like ReinaldoDegiAlbizzi.  

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Grade: High school

Subject: US History

Chapter: Renaissance  

Keywords:

Cosimo de' Medici, politician, Florence, Italian Renaissance, legislative council, autocrat,art, architecture, ReinaldoDegiAlbizzi,science, literate, politics and art, and architecture,Italian Renaissance

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