Renaissance started in Florence and Venice with
the flowering of paintings, sculpture and architecture. From Italy
the movement went to embrace the rest of Europe. Because of its
geographic position, foreign trace developed early in Italy. This
brought Italy into contact with other countries and gave rise to
urban economy and helped Italy to accumulate wealth which was an
essential factor for the flowering of art and literature. For two
centuries beginning from the late 15th century. Florence was the
golden city which gave birth to a whole generation of poets,
scholars, artists and sculptors. There was in Florence a revial of
interest in classical learning and rising of humanist
ideas.