Renaissance Art

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Renaissance Art
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Renaissance''--meaning rebirth''--is given to
a period of broad cultural achievement spanning
three centuries, the fourteenth through to the
sixteenth centuries.
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Some of the main features of art during the
Renaissance were.
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Humanism - A person who studied the classics was
called a humanist. Humanists recreated classical
styles in art, literature, and architecture.
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The Acropolis
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Foreshortening portraying an object with the
apparent shortening due to visual perspective.
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Foreshortening
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Symmetry correct proportion of body parts,
grouping of figures so that they are the same on
both sides.
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Contrapposto (counterpoise)To model the human
form in a non-symmetrical, relaxed stance that
appears realistic
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Sfumato -The technique of effecting a gradual
transition from one colour to another.
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Sfumato
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Chiaroscuro - A term describing the handling of
light and dark particularly in painting.
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Life and times of Botticelli
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Fra Filippo Lippi Coronation of the Virgin
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Lorenzo Medici
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Medici Palace
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Santa Maria
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The last supper

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Sandro Botticelli
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The Birth of Venus.By Botticelli
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VENUS
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Another Botticelli art work
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Khufu
Khafre
Menkaure
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THE ENDBY TOM BROWN