Many years ago the painter Chen Chin-fang, now living in the US, opined that Taiwan enjoyed conditions for a cultural renaissance, like those in Florence, Italy in the 16th century.
以跨文化溝通為繪畫主題、被尊為藝術文化大使的旅美畫家陳錦芳，多年前便提出一個觀念，即台灣就像十六世紀的義大利佛羅倫斯，深具人類文藝復興的條件。