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Renaissance Art

The Artistic Renaissance
 * The Artistic Renaissance**
 * - focused on human beings, as they were the 'center and measure' of all things.**

Masaccio: //Tribute Money –// use of monumental figures, demonstration of a more realistic landscape, and visual representation of the laws of perspective created a new realistic style of painting. Paolo Uccello: emphasized the mathematical side of painting, the workings of the laws of perspective etc. //The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian:// Antonio Pollaiulo paints the human body under stress! //Primavera: Botticelli// Donato Bramante: The Tempietto //David (Bronze):// Donato di Donatello Raphael: //The School of Athens// Michelangelo: //David (marble), Creation of Adam// Leonardo Da Vinci: //The Last Supper.// **The Artist and Social Status:** . Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo were no longer seen as artisans, but as artistic geniuses akin to the divine. They entered the circles of the upper class and were introduced to new theories such as the Neoplatonism. **The Northern Artistic Renaissance:** . Artists in northern Italy, due to the prevalence of the Gothic cathedrals, emphasized illuminated manuscripts and wooden panel paintings for art pieces. Jan Van Eyck: //Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride// Albrecht Durer: //Adoration of the Magi// Mitsu