\"The Holy Family\" by Jan Brueghel the Elder clearly shows the influence of the Northern Renaissance both in theme and technical rendering. Brueghel was one of the key artists of the Northern Renaissance, a period characterized by realism, perspective, and the themes of religion and nature in art. ...

The ancestors of man were experimenting with art over 12 thousand years ago - paintings as far back as 15,000 to 10,000 BC have been found in caves. Our history of painting was slow to mature into the art we know and appreciate today. The most prolific period was the Renaissance period, with some ...

Albrecht Dürer was born on May 21, 1471, in Nuremberg, Germany. His father Albrecht Dürer the elder, a goldsmith of lower-middle-class income, sent him to attend Latin school at St. Lorenz. Later Dürer served as an apprentice to his father. Right before becoming an apprentice of the painter Micha...

Italy: A Place of Romance Picture this: You and someone you love sitting on a balcony with a view of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, sipping fine wine and watching all the beautiful lights of the city. Some people could never imagine themselves in Italy. Rumors of the m...

Michelangelo's Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici One of the most famous artists ever known since the 16th century is a man by the name of Michelangelo Buonarroti. He has composed art that is both breathtaking and unmatched in such skills as painting, sculpture, architecture and poetry. Som...

The Renaissance was a golden age in the long history of Venetian painting, and the art that came from Venice during that era includes some of the most visually exciting works in the whole of western art. Venetian painting grew out of Byzantine art, and its ease and sensuousness clearly differentiate...

Charlotte DeanH2G-06/pd. 3Mr. ValentinApril 10, 2000Artistic Innovations of Renaissance Florentine PaintersDuring the Renaissance, many new, different styles of painting were developed. Many of these techniques were perfected by Florentine painters. Some of these stylestechniques include perspecti...

Among the early Renaissance artists, many left long-lasting impressions on the artist to come, but none stood out more than the Florentine painter and architect, Giotto. An outstanding painter, sculptor, and architect, he was recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. Giotto ...