Question

Who paid the great artists and architects of the Renaissance to create their masterpieces?

a. the wealthy families of the artists who could afford schooling and materials for their sons
b. townspeople through a special tax and religious communities through yearly collections
c. art galleries and museums who staged bidding wars for the greatest works
d. wealthy merchant families such as the Medici and popes such as Julius II

Answer 1

d. wealthy merchant families such as the Medici and popes such as Julius II

Step-by-step explanation:

The great artists and architects from the Renaissance were paid and contracted by the wealthy merchant families and by the pope, among those wealthy families the nobelty also can be found with pieces like Leonardo´s Horse, that was paid for by the Duke of Milan, or the sistine chapel that was comissioned by the Poe Sixtus IV.

Answer 2

d. wealthy merchant families such as the Medici and popes such as Julius II


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