Renaissance Art and Inventions
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Renaissance Art and Inventions
Look Closely: Art and Technology
Read these text clues and use them as evidence for the questions that follow. In the Mona Lisa, the sitter appears lifelike, and the distant landscape is softer and less sharply defined than the sitter. This gradual, smoky blending of tones is called sfumato. Renaissance artists also used a technique in which lines appear to meet at a point on the horizon to create the illusion of depth. Wealthy merchants, rulers, and the Catholic Church often funded artists as patrons. Their support gave artists time and resources to work, and patrons could influence the subjects artists created.
- Sfumato
- Fresco
- Woodcut
- Linear perspective
- Linear perspective
- Chiaroscuro
- Sfumato
- Tempera
Ideas Spread and Skills Grow
Renaissance thinkers drew inspiration from ancient Greek and Roman ideas while also studying the world around them. Humanism emphasized human potential, learning, and individual achievement. The printing press made it possible to produce books and pamphlets faster than hand-copying and to distribute many more copies across regions. As a result, ideas and knowledge could reach more readers and spread more widely.
- A. Leonardo da Vinci
- B. Johannes Gutenberg
- C. Michelangelo
- D. Jan van Eyck
- 2. Painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling
- 4. Helped develop the use of oil paint in detailed works
- 1. Developed a movable-type printing system in Europe
- 3. Made anatomical studies that informed his art
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