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Answer on Why did the Renaissance begin in northern Italy?
It started in N. Italy only because that is where most of the money was. Artist don't do their work primarily for enjoyment, they do it when they are paid to do it and if you look at a lot of Italian Renaissance art, you will find the paintings filled with various patrons of the arts - they paid the painters to put them beside the infant Jesus, for instance.
The Renaissance was not just an artistic movement, it also included literature and a complete change of mind.
