Renaissance Art

Renaissance Art:

Techniques and Themes• Increasing focus on

secular rather than

religious subjects

• Realistic-looking

figures and scenes

• Perspective/depth

• Sense of

movement, activity

• Symmetry/

proportionality

Fresco--Wall painting on fresh plaster

--Wall is prepared with

layer of rough plaster

--Figures are drawn

with brush in mixture of

red earth and water

--Smooth plaster laid

over--as much as could

be painted in a day--

and painted it while wet

so that the color in

would amalgamate with

the plaster.

Masaccio, Tribute Money

Perugino, Christ Handing the Keys

to Saint Peter

Leonardo, The Last Supper

Michelangelo, Panel of “The Creation”

from the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Michelangelo, Pieta

Albrecht

Dürer, St.

Jerome in

His Study

Donatello’s David

Michelangelo’s David

Johannes

Vermeer,

Geographer

(1668-9)