Early Renaissance Art

A LOOK AT

The onset of the early Renaissance began in early 15th century Italy, which was the site of remarkable cultural rebirth. This cultural rebirth was to have a massive effect on the rest of the world.

INTRODUCTION

Other characteristics of early Renaissance art include the use (and mastery) of techniques such as one-point perspective, the chiaroscuro painting method, and foreshortening.

CHARACTERISTICS

FAMOUS RENAISSANCE ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS

Cimabue (c. 1240 – 1302)

#1

Santa Trinita Maestà (c. 1290 – 1300)

Giotto (1267 – 1337)

#2

Scrovegni Chapel Frescoes (c.1303 – 1310)

Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 – 1455)

#3

The Gates of Paradise (1425 – 1452)

Donatello (1386 – 1466)

#4

Feast of Herod (1423 – 1427)

Fra Angelico (1395 – 1455)

#5

Coronation of the Virgin (1432)

Paolo Uccello (1397 – 1475)

#6

Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood (c. 1436)

Masaccio (1401 – 1428)

#7

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (c. 1425)

Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 – 1510)

#8

The Birth of Venus (1484 – 1486)

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