Renaissance Art
Renaissance Art. `` Renaissance''--meaning ``rebirth''--is given to a period of broad cultural achievement spanning three centuries, the fourteenth through to the sixteenth centuries. Some of the main features of art during the Renaissance were.
Renaissance Art
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``Renaissance''--meaning ``rebirth''--is given to a period of broad cultural achievement spanning three centuries, thefourteenth through to the sixteenth centuries.
Some of the main features of art during the Renaissance were.
Humanism - A person who studied the classics was called a humanist. Humanists recreated classical styles in art, literature, and architecture.
Foreshortening –portraying an object with the apparent shortening due to visual perspective.
Symmetry – correct proportion of body parts, grouping of figures so that they are the same on both sides.
Contrapposto – (counterpoise)To model the human form in a non-symmetrical, relaxed stance that appears realistic
Sfumato -The technique of effecting a gradual transition from one colour to another.
Chiaroscuro - A term describing the handling of light and dark particularly in painting.
Fra Filippo Lippi Coronation of the Virgin
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