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Renaissance Art
Renaissance Art:
Techniques and Themes• Increasing focus on
secular rather than
religious subjects
• Realistic-looking
figures and scenes
• Perspective/depth
• Sense of
movement, activity
• Symmetry/
proportionality
Fresco--Wall painting on fresh plaster
--Wall is prepared with
layer of rough plaster
--Figures are drawn
with brush in mixture of
red earth and water
--Smooth plaster laid
over--as much as could
be painted in a day--
and painted it while wet
so that the color in
would amalgamate with
the plaster.
Masaccio, Tribute Money
Perugino, Christ Handing the Keys
to Saint Peter
Leonardo, The Last Supper
Michelangelo, Panel of “The Creation”
from the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo, Pieta
Albrecht
Dürer, St.
Jerome in
His Study
Donatello’s David
Michelangelo’s David
Johannes
Vermeer,
Geographer
(1668-9)
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