The Noveau Riche Lifestyle
2009-10-28During the olden days money was the main factor that determined the class to which people belonged. The class of people, who had more wealth than others, was usually the nobility and the land owners. And there was this other class called the nouveau riche who were also endowed with more than necessary wealth but were not considered nobility as they became rich by a stroke of luck. Their luxurious life style was the envy of those around them and had a different identity. With palatial homes and a horde of servants to serve them, the nouveau riche had a highly opulent life. Moreover, they had time to indulge in all pleasures like painting, art, sculpture, poetry and drama. In fact, the Italian art and writing was resurrected because of the patronage of the nouveau riche. Not only in Italy, but the world over art and culture was give more recognition because of the acceptance received by the new emerging class of people. They set an example of living life lavish and with the kind of grandeur that was part of their life a lot of people tried to imitate such lifestyles without having the means to do so, which led to their downfall.