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Medieval art was mostly religious and concerned with conveying Christian beliefs and values. Renaissance art was less focused on religion and more focused on the daily life of people. The style of renaissance painting itself was also much more realistic than medieval art, meaning that renaissance artists were very concerned with proportions and showing the details of their subject. The Renaissance was a period of revolutionary change in politics, science, religion and especially art. The biggest difference between Renaissance art and Medieval art was the focus on artistic realism. Famous artists like Da Vinci and Michelangelo developed the use of depth and perspective drawing. The idea of foreshortening was also discovered here. The Renaissance also allowed a time for artists to focus their craft more on the world and the nature of man opposed to religion and secular beliefs. Art also helped the economy because art socially reflected how wealthy a family was to others. There are 6 main characteristics surrounding Renaissance art that differentiates it from medieval art, which are: the use of expression, the use of perspective ("vanishing point"), the use of classicism (Greek/Roman influenced), emphasis on the individual, the geometrical arrangement of figures and the use of shadowing. Medieval art was beautiful, but Renaissance art was very 3 dimensional and life-like. Michelangelo's David sculpture is said to be so realistic that it looks as though it is breathing. It is truly amazing that someone could have sculpted that beautiful statue out of one solid piece of marble. This is how Renaissance art greatly differs from Medieval art.

Italian painter, famous for "The Birth of Venus"

An Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David.

A technique of painting on walls covered with moist plaster. It was used to decorate Minoan and Mycenaean palaces and Roman villas, and became an important medium during the Italian Renaissance.

a form of painting perfected in the Renaissance. It made objects and being look three dimensional, and created different viewpoints for the viewers

was an artist best known for his engravings.

Flemish painter who oil painted portrayals of townspeople as well as religious scenes- in the Renaissance era

The treatment of light and shade in a work of art, especially to give an illusion of depth.- an artistic technique developed during the Renaissance

Began in Italy during the 1300s and spread to the rest of Europe and continued until 1600. Dutch philosopher Desiderious Erasmus, the Spanish novelist Cervantes, and English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. The Baroque style dominated painting and architecture from the early 1600s through the early 1700s. Represented bold, the dynamic, the colorful, the impressive

1483-1520 Italian painter. Painted numerous biblical figures, such as Madonna of the Meadow, noted for revealing humanity in the divine form. His most revered work is Philosophy or School of Athens, which depicts the great philosophers of antiquity.

A Renaissance painter in Venice, used vivid color and movement. Known for "Assumption of the Virgin," among others.

are made in wood, metal, or stone and covered in ink. The image is then printed on paper.