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The rebirth of the Italian cities attracted visitors from all over western Europe. Merchants and bankers hoped to make their fortunes in the Italian city-states. Artists and students sought knowledge and fame. When these travelers returned home, they brought Renaissance ideas with them. In time, the ideas of the Renaissance influenced people far from the Italian peninsula. William Shakespeare is the best-known writer of the Renaissance. His plays mixed humor with drama, and showed the strengths and weaknesses of people. Audiences flocked to see his presentations of Roman emperors, British kings and queens, and Italian teenagers. Pieter Bruegel was a Dutch painter who wanted to show people
as they really were. Breugal studied Italian art, but he developed his
own style. Many of his paintings show peasants working, dancing, and eating. |
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The
Renaissance Spreads