This painting is named "The Ambassadors" and was painted by Hans Holbein The Younger in the year of 1533 with oil on canvas. This piece of art is a reflection of all the new found knowledge and forms of government during the Renaissance. The evidence in the painting which support my claim include, the many different instruments laid out on the table in the middle of the painting. This includes a celestial globe, a portable sundial, a book and a terrestrial globe. Another piece of evidence are the two men standing side by side on each side of the painting. These two men are portrayed in a way which presented power, control and that they were important. How I interpreted my evidence was looking at each piece of evidence, and asking myself, what does this do, or what is each's purpose in the world. By looking at all the item's they were all relatively similar in terms of how they are normally used to learn, the globes were meant to show the world, to study it. The sundial represented how in this time they were probably inspired by old greek knowledge to remodel it to be able to use shadows and the sun to tell the time. The book probably represented learning, in a sense how the printing press was just invented around that time, and the majority of the book's sold at that time were read to learn more about the world or math. Basically the main purpose of the item's in the painting was used to represent knowledge or education during the time of the Renaissance. The two people on each side of the painting, considering how they looked very powerfull, probably represent a debate between two city state's, or a partnership between the two. This is because I researched more about this painting, and these two men were identified to be two very important leaders or governers during the Renaissance, though the link between each two is unclear, I can only assume Hans Holbien has knew both of them, and decided to put them both in the same painting for the same purpose, the revolution of learning and education during the Renaissance.

Driving Forces Of The Renaissance

I think that trade and banking was one of the most important elements needed to be able to create what we know as the renaissance today. Trade and Banking allowed city states to earn money needed to flourish as a developing city. With money they were able to spend it on better architecture, and education, two of the things that changed Florence immensely throughout this time period. They were then able to set up trade routes with other countries by spending money on new technology, better suited to help them with everyday life.