GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which style of painting was used by early renaissance artists?
A
Gothic
B
Catholic Art
C
Greco-Roman
D
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Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The elongated proportions and exaggerated poses in the late works of Michelangelo, Andrea del Sarto and Correggio prefigure so-called Mannerism, as the style of the later Renaissance is referred to in art history.

Detailed explanation-2: -By the later 1500s, the Mannerist style, with its emphasis on artificiality, had developed in opposition to the idealized naturalism of High Renaissance art, and Mannerism spread from Florence and Rome to become the dominant style in Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -The types of perspective employed by Renaissance artists, including linear, atmospheric, color and planar perspective, allowed artists for the first time to convey depth and dimension with unprecedented realism.

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