Renaissance Art. `` Renaissance''--meaning ``rebirth''--is given to a period of broad cultural achievement spanning three centuries, the fourteenth through.

Renaissance Art

``Renaissance''--meaning ``rebirth''--is given to a period of broad cultural achievement spanning three centuries, the fourteenth

through to the sixteenth centuries.

``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.

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.

Humanism - A person who studied the classics was called a humanist. Humanists recreated classical styles in art, literature,

and architecture.

The Acropolis

Foreshortening –portraying an object with the apparent shortening due to visual perspective.

Foreshortening –portraying an object with the apparent shortening due to visual perspective.

Foreshortening

Symmetry – correct

proportion of body parts, grouping of

figures so that they are the

same on both sides.

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

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.

Sfumato -The technique of effecting a gradual transition from one colour to another.

Sfumato

Chiaroscuro - A term describing the handling of light and dark particularly in painting.

Chiaroscuro - A term describing the handling of light and dark particularly in painting.

Life and times of Botticelli

Fra Filippo LippiCoronation of the

Virgin

Fra Filippo LippiCoronation of the

Virgin

Lorenzo Medici

Medici Palace

Santa MariaSanta Maria

The last supperThe last supper

Sandro Botticelli

The Birth of Venus.

By Botticelli

VENUS

Another Botticelli art work

KhufuKhufu

MenkaureMenkaure

KhafreKhafre

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BY TOM BROWN

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BY TOM BROWN