For this paper, you will cover the Italian merchant cities in the Early Modern Era. Spice Trade and the Renaissance Movement: the Arts and the Classical Heritage. Focus on a specific artist or a selection of masterpieces and what they mean to Meditteranean culture.
1. Give an overview of the Italian merchant cities and how the location of each of these cities played a crucial aspect in the spice trade as a whole (name which specific cities were prominent and why).
2. How these merchant cities utilized the spice trade to flourish financially and embrace innovation. Include all aspects of financial success and innovations that were created.
3. How the money from the spice trade was able to fund the transformation in architecture, literature, and the arts such as painting and sculptures. Using these funds to transform architecture, literature, and the arts such as paintings and sculptures. Name the prevalent merchant cities and give a general overview of how the spice trade was crucial in funding major artistic projects. Name specific art pieces/artists that came out of this time period, and how the wealthy aristocrats living in these cities profited immensely.
5 sources are the minimum, you can go over that if needed, please cite them at the end, as well as throughout the paper. The sources must be reliable. AVOID ALL FORMS OF PLAGARISM AND AI DETECTION, please do not be repetitive in the essay. You may go over 2000 words if needed but do not go under. Thank you in advance!