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THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 16th century
    - - 15th century
- - - - Designed buildings which found harmony in shapes and proportion, adapting to human ideals.
    - - Churches continued to be built, civil buildings, also gained importance
    - - Architectes returned to the use of columns imitating Ancient Greek and Roman designs.
    - - Semi-circular arches, barrel vaults and domes were used.
      - These elements were combined architraves in many buildings.
  - - - Designed the dome of Florence Cathedral (Florence)
      - Designed the Basilisca of San Lorenzo (Florence)
    - - Designed the Basilisca Di Sant'Andrea (Mantua)
      - Designed the Templo Malatestiano (Rimini)
  - - - Designed the most important building of the century (St. Peter's Basilisca in the Vatican).
- - - - The position of the figures couldn't disrupt the harmonious balance of the painting
    - - Light was used to depict areas of light and shadow perfecting the illusion of depht.
    - - Was considered the essence of beauty which meant a command of drawing more important than colour.
    - - Artists experimented with developed technique of perspective.
- - - - Mythological and historical themes, and portraits were added to traditional religious themes.
    - - Two main types
        
        Sculputres in the round
        
        Free-standing sculptures were observable from various angles
        
        Relief sculptures
        
        Carved directly onto flat surfaces
    - - Wood was mainly used in religious sculptures, apart from, marble and bronze
    - - Beauty was characterised by balance and inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman approach
      - Artists studied anatomy and the proportion of the human body