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The Renaissance in Italy
The Renaissance
The basis is linked with
The artistical changes that ocurred in the
15th century
16th century
New artistic approaches revived
The styles of Ancient Greek and Roman art
It first began in Italy
There were two major artistic periods
Quattrocento
Cinquecento
Architecture
Caracteristics
The growth of civil architecture
Churches continued to be built
But civil buildings also were built
Palaces
Hospitals
A return to classiccal structural elements
They returned to use columns
Imitating designs of
Ancient Greek
Roman
Building concept and design
They started building symmetrical buildings
And that gave harmony
St Peter's Basilica
It was the most important building
Of the century
It started in 1504
But Bramante died in 1514
So the other artist continued
It was started by Bramante
But it was continued byanother artist like
Michelangelo
Painting
These are the main characteristics
Balance
They tried to put the same things
In the right and left
More or less
The use of light
The light was used to the
Illusion of depth
An example is
The Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci (1503)
Proportion
They wanted to represent the human figure
With the right proportion
It was more important that colour
The illusion of depth
Artists developed the technique of
Perspective
An example
Lamentation over the Dead Christ of Andrea Mantegna (1475)
The Birth of Venus of Sandro Boticceli (1484)
It is an example of
Symmetrical composition
Elegant drawing
Harmonious
They had new painting themes
Allegory
History
Mithology
Portraits
The Creation of Adam of Michelangelo
It is an example of
Matery of drawing
Of Michelangelo
Depth
The painters invented new techniques
