WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How were the works of Leonardo da Vinci an example of the importance of the Renaissance?
A
Patrons became less influential.
B
Subjects became more secular.
C
Colors and brushstrokes become more simplistic.
D
Perspective and dimension were emphasized in paintings.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some examples of linear perspective in Renaissance Art are The Ideal City of Urbino, The Hunters in the Snow, The Tower of Babel, and The Arnolfini Portrait. These portraits show linear perspective in all its awesomeness from the dimensions of the city to the realistic proportions of the human body to its surroundings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mona Lisa (c. The painting’s simplicity belies Leonardo’s talent for realism. The subject’s softly modeled face shows his skillful handling of sfumato, an artistic technique that uses subtle gradations of light and shadow, rather than line, to model form.

Detailed explanation-3: -Linear perspective was a significant advancement in Renaissance art which allowed artists to move toward a more realistic portrayal of nature and to achieve the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -Brunelleschi is frequently attributed with the knowledge of the one-point perspective construction and its introduction into Renaissance art.

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