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Saints Jerome and John the Baptist is a different style to the Italian renaissance, as it focuses on realistic solid forms of three dimensional use. Masaccio is one of the artists who brought his painting lifelike and weighty with its deep tone colors on the skin taking inspirations from gothic art to highlight volume and humanism. -
Created in 1427 by Masaccio, this one of the first artworks highlighting linear perspective by making space look deep and real. By painting the figures in a three dimensional form, it emphasizes humanism and religion with lifelike presence. The main focus is the trinity between christ, god, and donors symbolizing eternal life with the soft tone colors in the roman arches to the variety of colors chosen for the donors and saints. -
Created by Jan van Eyck in 1434, " Arnolfini " is another great example of Northern renaissance due to its symbolism in marriage, wealth, and faith. Jan uses oil on this for lighting to add depth to the scene by showing audience how realism art comes to life. He adds rich colors such as green to symbolize wealth and how the couple has a high status. -
Created by famous artist Jan van Eyck, this artwork is a prime example of northern renaissance art emphazing realism due to its detail and symbolism. Jack uses a oil technique which highlights the texture and lighting of the art. With its light and dark lighting, he gothic church in the background makes Madonna and the art have a nice blend of natural and spiritual setting emphasizing religion as a theme. -
Created by Leonardo da Vinci, This unique artwork focuses on humanism, balance, and religion, as he uses perspective with detailed landscape and figures to highlight an iconic scene of an angel on the left and virgin on the right. From the fine-featured faces, to the angel's pose with knees evenly spread and covered with broad gives her a strong monumental character. It is a prime example blending religion with realism. -
Created by Albrecht Dürer, "Young Hare" is a detail oriented drawing of a rabbit painting with color and focusing on nature and realism. From the shadow to every hair root, Albrecht carefully painted every detail imaginable to bring this painting alive making the animal look real with full-on texture symbolizing his work ethic in natural studies and taking a different approach to the Northern Renaissance art style. -
This Watercolored painting/drawing is another wonderful artwork created by Albrecht Dürer in 1504. This artwork is simplistic, yet detail oriented focusing on realism by observing how nature can be brought to life in art. Dürer's unique technique on the roots, grass emphasizes the scientific accuracy in nature in adding rich green color and shadow dark colors to highlight the main focus. -
One of the most famous artworks created by the legend Leonardo Da Vinci known as the Mona Lisa. Made with oil, Da Vinci's technique adds soft texture with a hazy transition of a realistic portrait of Lisa del Giocondo. da Vinci's attention on perspective and detail emphasizes the key elements to Italian renaissance by adding layers of translucent paint to summon movement and emotion in the panel. Behind the smile, The Mona Lisa became a cultural icon for eternity.