Blog #4

Renaissance Art
During the 1400’s and 1500’s in mainly Italy, then later spreading to Europe in the 1600’s, there was a major change that took place, The Renaissance. The Renaissance was a movement that expanded cultural ideas. the church was the center of attention, thus explaining the reason why most paintings included images of Jesus. In the period of time, artist created images of they depicted the world around them. Italian Renaissance were divided into three major groups, Early, High and Late Renaissance.

The Early Renaissance was led by sculptors, architects and painters, who began the development of new ways in producing art. It was also the launch of ones career. There was a debate between Humanist and Pious believers. Humanist believed that the art of drawing images of Jesus posed a challenge on the faith of the Church, this thought caused an unexpected rise in Humanists. Florence, capital city of Italy, established themselves as philosophers and attracted Pious believers, which allowed artist to freely express their ideas. This opened the door for many of the important artists that we know of today, who were able to create nude art, portraits and even landscapes.

The High Renaissance changed the style of art, no longer focused on sculptors, but now on physical presence and balance. Artist studied the poses of figures from live models, who were mostly naked. The birth of anatomy came into play, artist started created more lifelike works. Artist had new tools, technology and training. Artist began to scatter out, not only in Florence, but now in Milan and mostly in Rome. During the High Renaissance, the discover of three great artist emerged, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Raffaello “Raphael” Sanzio.

By the time the Late Renaissance arrived, artist have experimented with a variety of techniques from using oil-based based paints to mixing powered pigments with linseed oil. These techniques allowed paint to dry slower, so that artist can edit their work over a period of time. They also began to think through exactly what is it that they were going to draw. This type of preparing went back into the Early Renaissance, where the Church was the center of the attention, and usually surrounded by beautiful monuments that were carefully thought out as well. Artist were taking their skills of building and sculpting to paper and paint creating an transition of art, one that people were able to appreciate more because that could purchase such items and bring them back home with them. Sadly the Late Renaissance had to come to an end, based upon radical arguments on the Church, the Church didn’t agree and soon ended all Renaissance movements.


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Paragraph 1: Intro on what is been discussed

Paragraph 2: Early Renaissance

Paragraph 3: High Renaissance

Paragraph 4: Late Renaissance


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