HUM 145 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chiaroscuro, Medici Bank, Carlo Maderno
Document Summary
Renaissance art is an artistic style that includes painting, sculpture and architecture that emerged in europe around the year 1400; specifically in italy. Art was one of the main exponents of the. At this stage, artists who are still renowned, such as botticelli, giotto and van der weyden, began to be recognized. This stage of human history is called the renaissance because it was a period that presented a series of significant improvements in literary, philosophical, musical, and scientific works. A period originated in italy in the late medieval european stage, before spreading to the rest of the continent. The movement was mainly based on a combination of the medieval aspects of the time and the modern ideas that began to emerge in the early 15th century. The period caused a change in europe that altered the social course of humanity in a positive way, and laid the foundations for the development of modern societies.
