The contemporary commentator who wrote that, by the early sixteenth century, Venice was a city “so full of books that it was hardly possible to walk down a street without armfuls thrust upon you, like cats in a bag, for two or three coppers each” unwittingly provided an evocative opening to any description of the culture of Venetian print.i As well as concern for the increasing vulgarization of intellectual life, his words underline the sheer quantity of printed material available for purchase in one of the most important centers for the production and sale of books in the Renaissance. As the city made the transfer from a manuscript culture enjoyed by the very few, to a culture of printing accessible to many, the voices of outspoken critics like Filippo de Strata gradually quieted.ii
Compared with Medieval art, the purpose of Renaissance art was to show the wealth of patrons.
Answer: Option C
<u>Explanation:</u>
Art of the period of the renaissance were the paintings, sculptures and other such things which were of the European history. Renaissance are had the purpose to show the money and richness of patrons who would give money to an artist for their work.
As an example, there was a famous family of Florence who supported the art of that period by giving money to the artists therefore showing that they had a lot of money and were wealthy. There were also other such people and families who supported art of that people.
The answer to that is c.
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The explosion of the Maine in Cuba on February 15, 1898 was ruled by a Naval Court of Inquiry in March of 1898 as caused by a mine explosion. Subsequantly many different views of what caused the explosion have been put forward to a fire in her coal bunkers to a fire in her powder magazines. In 1976 a group of American Naval Investigators concluded that a fire ignited the Maines magazines.
The answer to the question however remains that experts cannot definitively say what the cause of the explosion was.
Pres. Jackson wanted peace with the Native Americans and tried to keep any skirmishes or fights from starting.
