Renaissance Portrait Project

Using Costumes and Props

For this project you are going to draw a self-portrait in Renaissance Costume. The next slides are examples of portraits that were done

by Renaissance artists or in the style of that peroid.

Renaissance art is the painting, sculpture and decorative arts of that period of European history known as the Renaissance, emerging as a distinct style in Italy in about 1400, in parallel with developments

which occurred in philosophy, literature, music and science. Renaissance art, perceived as a royalty of ancient traditions, took as

its foundation the art of Classical antiquity, but transformed that tradition by the absorption of recent developments in the art of Northern Europe and by application of contemporary scientific

knowledge. Renaissance art, with Renaissance Humanist philosophy, spread throughout Europe, affecting both artists and their

patrons with the development of new techniques and new artistic sensibilities. Renaissance art marks the transition of Europe from the

medieval period to the Early modern age.In many parts of Europe, Early Renaissance art was created in parallel with Late Medieval art. By 1500 the Renaissance style

prevailed. As Late Renaissance art (developed, it took on different and distinctive characteristics in every region.

How to draw a face

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