Italian Renaissance art

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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1. What is the artistic period?Italian Renaissance
2. What is the key artistic principles?Humanism, realism, revival of classical forms, scientific perspective, chiaroscuro
3. What was the Italian Renaissance?It was a time from the 14th to the 16th century when artists in Italy started to paint and sculpt things that looked very real and focused on people and nature.
4. Why did Renaissance artists want to make art look realistic?They wanted to show the world with science and math, using observation and anatomy to make pictures that look like real life.

Humanism: An intellectual movement emphasizing human potential, reason, and the study of classical antiquity, central to Renaissance thought and art.
Linear Perspective: A mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface, creating an illusion of depth.
Chiaroscuro: The use of strong contrasts between light and dark, typically bold contrasts affecting a whole composition, to create volume and drama.
Sfumato: A painting technique for softening the transition between colours, mimicking an area beyond what the human eye is focusing on, famously used by Leonardo da Vinci.