Renaissance
...tists sought to create art forms consistent with the appearance of the natural world • They added their experience of human personality and behavior Early Renaissance • Early pioneers of renaissance artists were DONATELLO in sculpture, BRUNELLESCHI in architecture, and MASACCIO in painting. • Theoretical foundations in art were important to the artists. • Ancient arts were revered as keys to finding out the success of previous masters. • Laws of proportion were applied to the works. Early renaissance Artists • Donatello -master of sculpture in both marble and bronze -Patrons often found him hard to deal with. • BRUNELLESCHI -An architect and sculptor. -Trained as a goldsmith. • MASACCIO -the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance. • Efforts were made to make art works that go beyond natural beauty by giving ideal, intangible qualities. • Realism became a widespread technique. • proportion, contraposto (twisted pose), and linear perspective were well established in this period. High Renaissance • The artists increased the dramatic force and physical presence of a work of art and gathered its energies and forming a controlled equilibrium • The essential...