today

today, since I wasn't here Friday I had to catch up. I got my test back, I got an 84%. That's ok, I needed to get a 90% at least to get my grade and that didn't happen. So still stuck at 85%. Made test corrections thanks to zack. I got all the last questions, great. That definitely hurt my score. But we  still have another test coming up, and if I do good on that I should be able to get myself to a high B. Fingers crossed

• Renaissance = rebirth
• cities were the center of the action
• milan and florence had wealthy merchants and bankers
• northern italy: birth place of the renaissance
• artist in these cities was inspired by the former splendor of classical Greece and Rome
• merchants and the Medici
• merchants dominated political life
• the Medici was a powerful banking family
• they paid artisits, writers, and musicans to create beautiful works of art
• they were patrons