LBST 1B05 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roman Sculpture, Christian Art, Pope Sixtus Iv
22 Jan 2016
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Forms were modeled with careful attention to light and shadow to give a semblance of. An intuitive perspective was often used, where things diminished in scale as they recede detailed manner. three-dimensionality. into the landscape. This period saw the rise of merchants as patrons, and the emergence of a prosperous middle class, whose patronage fuelled the renaissance. There was a growing interest in closely observing nature and reproducing it in a very. Landscapes were portrayed using atmospheric or aerial perspective, where distant elements are shown as more indistinct and less colourful as they recede into the background (eg. the sky becoming paler towards the horizon). A new interest in individualism and humanism may have driven this desire for accurate visual depictions. Artists began to sign their work much more regularly. As cities became more widespread, there was increasing patronage of civic architecture, monuments and art, which were generally directed towards the community.
