THE RENAISSANCE

THE RENAISSANCE
PERIODS | - Quattrocento (15th century) - Cinquecento (16th century): High renaissance
CHARACTERISTICS | .-Looking for an ideal form of beauty .- Inspiration in the classical world .- Symmetry and proportion .- Use of classical features: rounded arches, domes, columns, barrel vaulting .- Recovery of portraits and nude human body .- Linear perspective .- Use of "chiaroscuro" .-Inspiration in mythology.
PATRONS | - They gave financial support and protected the artists .- Medici (Florence), -Gonzaga, Sforza (Milan), -Popes
ARTISTS | .- Quattrocento: Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli .- Cinquecento: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael

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