Analyze the ITALIAN RENAISSANCE c. 1300-1550 — humanism, city-states (Florence, Venice, Milan, Rome), and the Medici family's patronage system
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~12 min
hist.g7.s.ex_07
Claim Evidence Warrant
Prompt
Write a 150-word claim-evidence-warrant on: 'How did Medici banking + papal contracts fund Italian Renaissance art for 4+ generations?' Cite at least 2 Medici-commissioned works.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Claim names banking-papacy-art interconnect
- points
- 3
- criterion
- 2+ commissioned works named
- points
- 2
- criterion
- 4+ generations traced
- points
- 2
- criterion
- Warrant connects power-money-art
Hints
- Donatello David + Botticelli Primavera + Brunelleschi dome all named Medici-funded.
- Medici Bank papal account began 1397 with Giovanni di Bicci.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating patronage as 'mere generosity' rather than power-system
- Failing to trace 4 generations
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