1. Patrons did what? Patron: Someone who
gives money to an artist
They supports the artists by giving them to allow him to be able to
money and a place to live and made it work only as an artist.
possible for artists to experiment and
change. Pope: Head of the
Christian Church, and
Patrons of the Arts
Popes: lived in Rome
Popes were also Patrons and made Rome Merchants: Rich
more beautiful by paying for sculptures businessmen. Often
and art. owned stores, sometimes
owned ships and traded
Merchants: goods around the world.
Merchants supported artists portraits and
donating public art to the city.
Focus of Art:
Art was no longer focused around religion.
Art changed:
Realistic style from classical Rome and
Greece.
Art Revolutionized
Michelangelo: Focus on human body
Donatello: Carvings with realistic features
and personality
Masaccio: Discovers perspective – 3D
Da Vinci: Painter, sculpture and inventor
Raphael: Realism

2. Writing changed: Satire: Writing that
makes fun of a serious
Writers began to write poetry again. topic.
Writers wrote about: Black Humor: Making
fun of something with
Real life, experiences, politics, money, humor that is not very
satire and black humor. funny.
Renaissance Writers
Famous Writers:
Petrach (poetry)
Macchiavelli (political manipulations)
Dante (hell and Purgatory)
Boccaccio (a black humor comedy about
the plague)
More (utopia)