Similarities And Similarities Between Italian And Renaissance Art

During the Renaissance period of the 14th to 17th century, art and architecture between Northern Europe and Italy were both similar and different in many ways. From the detailed work of everyday life of the North to the Neoplatonic allegories of Italian work, the Renaissance was a time of transition and strength. The most dominant similarity between Northern European and Italian Renaissance artwork lies behind the meaning of humanism. During the Renaissance, there was “rebirth of culture”; a shift towards people acknowledging human achievement. In religious pieces of art, Jesus was seen as less Godly and more human-like with emotion. Humanism prevailed and artists began to show this change. Similarities between the Northern European Renaissance …show more content…
Due to the geology of both locations, different materials had to be used in order to effectively create art. In the North, many textiles were used to show artistic abilities. Sculptures were commonly made of wood and the Northerners perfected oil paint. In Italy, marble was easily obtained, so many sculptures were made of large white marble. Tempera and fresco covered altarpieces and murals throughout churches in Italy. Leonardo da Vinci of Italy attempted to use oil paint on his painting The Last Supper, and failed compared to the artists in the North, who know not to mix oil with …show more content…
The religious scenes became more realistic and proportioned. The anatomy of the people within the paintings and sculptures of Italian Renaissance work appear scientifically correct and the scenes of the paintings have depth. Italian Renaissance artists used linear or one-point perspective to render proportioned work. An example is Holy Trinity and Tribute Money by Masaccio. In Masaccio’s work, there are vanishing points, orthogonals, a horizon lines, and foreshortening and atmosphere perspective used to give the viewer a realistic idea of the