A perspectival technique that creates the illusion of an object receding sharply into the distance. Renaissance artists often used foreshortening to demonstrate their skill.
Considered the most important genre painting for most of the 20th century. History painting focused on narrative and depicted mythological, biblical, or historical subject matter and had a moralizing tone.
A painting technique that creates the illusion of distance in an otherwise 2D landscape by using paler colors and vague forms to denote objects further from the viewer, and brighter and sharper outlines for objects closest to the viewer. A classic example of this technique can be seen in Leonardo ...
The center of visual interest in a 2D painting where the viewer's eye is naturally drawn.
A position taken up by artists and writers during the 19th century that art should not be made for the public's sake, but for art's sake, and was a move to break away from the constraints of academic art. This statement made the claim that art did not need to function as a purely instructional or ...
Can refer to painters from the same country, city, or a group of painters that follow in the style of another artist (e.g. Dutch School, Florentine School, School of Raphael).
A representation of an artist, created by the artist. As the social status of artists improved during the Renaissance, from anonymous craftsmen to respected intellectuals, artists increasingly began depicting themselves as a main subject in their works.
A Renaissance ideal of appearing to create art effortlessly and gracefully to demonstrate one's immense skill.
