Renaissance art is a term
used to describe the paintings, sculptures and decorative arts which were
around in Europe around 1400. The style
is often related to Italy because of some of the Italian artists. Leonardo da
Vinci, Raphael and Michaelangelo’s are famous for their art however there are
many more.
Some people would describe their style of art as Classical.
The painting techniques were important in this
period. The use of perspective to giving a more realistic
presentation of art moved Renaissance painters into composing more paintings.
Balance and proportion were used to represent actual size.
foreshortening - The term foreshortening refers
to the artistic effect of shortening lines in a drawing so as to create an
illusion of depth.
sfumato - The term sfumato was coined by
Italian Renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci, and refers to a fine art
painting technique of blurring or softening of sharp outlines by subtle and
gradual blending of one tone into another through the use of thin glazes to
give the illusion of depth or three-dimensionality. This stems from the Italian
word sfumare meaning to evaporate or to fade out. The Latin origin is fumare,
to smoke. The opposite of sfumato is chiaroscuro.
chiaroscuro - The term chiaroscuro refers to
the fine art painting modelling effect of using a strong contrast between light
and dark to give the illusion of depth or three-dimensionality. This comes from
the Italian words meaning light (chiaro) and dark (scuro), a technique which
came into wide use in the Baroque Period.; Sfumato is the opposite of
chiaroscuro.
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa
Raphael
One
of Michaelangelo’s work in the Sistene Chapel
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