Florence thrived creating banks, bringing luxury items, had silk and wood being able to sell in profitable amounts, and finally had sold insurance to sea traders
1889
Painting: Beginnings. Matisse's discovery of his true profession came about in an unusual manner. Following an attack of appendicitis, he began to paint in 1889, when his mother had brought him art supplies during the period of convalescence.
It began "by eye" in Ancient Greece
The color black absorb more light
