Please read Goldthwaite pp. 67-90 and answer the following questions. Please remember that you are not allowed to consult outside sources and that each response should indicate the page number from the text where you found your answer. You don’t need to write in your own words, just find the short answer from the book I uploaded!!!
1. How does Goldthwaite define “needs” and “taste” as they apply to architecture?
2. According to Goldthwaite, by the beginning of the fifteenth century the Florentines had developed a self-image that inspired pride in their city. Cite two examples of this “fiorentinismo”.
3. Goldthwaite suggests that before the fifteenth century, wealthy Florentines were hesitant to make lavish displays of their wealth. Why was this the case?
4. Goldthwaite remarks that the concept of magnificence became a justification for the visual expression of wealth. Please explain what this idea of magnificence meant for Renaissance builders and patrons.
5. And what was it the patrons hoped to gain or achieve through magnificent buildings and lavish patronage?
