Question

What are city-states and why were they significant in the Renaissance? Please NO copy and pasting from wiki or any other site...

Answer 1

Venice. Google it. Wikipedia. Answer is there.
Florence. Google it. Wikipedia it. Answer is there.
Genoa. Google it. Wikipedia it. Answer is there.

Answer 2

Thanks for the help it was VERY thorough and self informing I just said I cant get info from wikipedia or google..... people these days -___________-

Answer 3

You want me to spoon feed you every answer because you are too lazy to learn it your self? people these days...

Answer 4

no I want you to guide me to the answer in your own words not just say HEY LOOK IT UP if you were really knowledgeable you would offer some words of advice on how to get to the answer in your own words not just say google it! If i really wanted the answer spoon fed to me i would just take whatever thats on google or wiki and write it down word for word. Ignorant, antagonistic people....

Answer 5

After all this is what this site is about if you have not yet discovered openstudy is all about asking questions in hopes other people might know the subject of the question to guide you through it. If you have a problem with that concept I suggest you leave this site or suspend you account no one need people like you to be telling people flatly that their lazy for asking a single question ON the open questions window... god do u have a life other then trying to ruin other peoples with your negative and unhelpful comments?

Answer 6

You want me to guide you to the answer? You want me to prove to myself that I'm knowledgeable? I don't need to do that because I already know why Florence were important to the Renaissance. I know that Florence was host to many of the most important thinkers of the Renaissance age (i.e Machiavelli). The Medici house (basic rulers of the city state Florence) and other aristocrats became patrons of the arts, which led to many of the greatest works of High Renaissance art.

Answer 7

And the reason I'm upset because you can google the answer. There is no reason you need to have us help you. You could do it on your own, but someone always has to old your hand.

Answer 8

I shouldn't HAVE to guide you when the answer is right on your own fingertips on the keyboard.

Answer 9

What.... Im not asking YOU to know it I WANT TO KNOW IT if you someone knows the basic idea. I asked the question smart one... So someone can help me with it b/c I dont feel it is sufficient enough to just google it not everything on google is accurate and sufficient to what my teacher is looking for. Heres the definition of a city state on google mr. lazy person who has nothing better to say then Google it! " A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity not administered as a part of another local government whose territory consists of a city and possibly its surrounding territory.[1][2] A city-state can also be defined as a central city and its surrounding villages, which together follow the same law, have one form of government, and share languages, religious beliefs, and ways of life. Historically this included famed cities like Rome, Athens and Carthage,[2] but today only three sovereign city-states exist: Monaco, Singapore and Vatican City, while two others (Hong Kong and Macau) enjoy a high degree of autonomy despite being under the sovereign rule of another country." How am I supposed to make sense of all that information and put it into simpler terms, if I dont even understand unless you say just to copy it WORD FOR WORD not even gaining a complete understanding of it all. All im asking is that someone gives me hand to the answer and help me with it in a way that I might understand rather then just googling it and not even knowing what im reading. You obviously have no clue what the answer is b/c your stupid enough to argue about something so irrelevant to the question. Stupid people...

Answer 10

Also I never asked you to prove yourself knowledgeable because I obviously knew it from the start that you were not at all in the slightest when I read your first stupid answer. Just get out of MY question if you have nothing better to say then just rudely insulting me.

Answer 11

Uh, so anyways (and honestly, take this sort of thing up with mods, but you shouldn't just ask people to 'google it'. This site exists to help people directly) ..

Answer 12

Thanks you!!!! ^ finally someone who understands

Answer 13

City-states are basically small entities working within a larger image: Like a city within a larger country, like Italy. The Renaissance was really cool and involved a rebirth of classical ideals and spread in the importance of religious art.
Really important was papal influence, which supported the arts economically! Where would masters like Raphael and Michelangelo be if they weren't commissioned?
In terms of the Renaissance, Florence and Venice were really important.

Florence - had the Medici family, which funded a lot of the arts in the Renaissance. For example, in pieces like 'Primavera' by Botticelli, and even 'The Arnolfini Wedding', you can see small 'medici apples' which marked patronage from the Medici family in commissions. It was also a huge place of commerce, mostly by water, and aided Italy in becoming a huge economic power, important to the flourishing of the Renaissance. Also, this was where thinkers like Machiavelli were centered. Machiavelli was important because of his book, 'The Prince' which gave some standard / ideas about the relationship between ruler and citizen - so we have political thought. Petrarch, an important writer was also from Florence.

Venice was important also, but there are less examples. One, however, was the Aldine Press, which was basically an example of the spread of information to the masses in the Renaissance. Major trading routes went through Venice, making it strong economically, and there were notable linguistics schools located there, as well.

Another example was the Vatican - here, you can see the importance of Papal commissioning. This is where the Sistine Chapel (huuge Michelangelo commission) and pieces like the School of Athens by Raphael were located.

Another example is Milan, which had Baldassare Castiglione, who wrote 'The Book of the Courtier'. Like 'The Prince' it was more political thought, but more for the aristocracy and how they should behave.

Answer 14

Thank-you! :) see this is the way to help people not to just say Google it I would like to report him to the moderators are you a moderator?