The Renaissance—from art-loving popes to Leonardo’s Mona ... to create ever-more subtle details. While medieval paintings, like this lovely Madonna by Giotto, are egg-based tempera on wood ...

Underpainting—also known as “verdaccio”—helped Medieval and Renaissance artists achieve more natural-looking skin tones with a limited color palette. By painting one color over another ...

The film "Recognition of Man" explores the Renaissance era ... and the emergence of humanism in a medieval context. It emphasizes the transformation of art, where individuals began to be portrayed ...

Medieval artists ... trend faded during the Renaissance, when artists rediscovered realism and applied scientific precision to their figurative works. Non-religious art also flourished at the ...

While Florence is often positioned as the center of the Renaissance by art historians ... and less angular figures. The Medieval Gothic style evolved from stiff, simple forms toward more relaxed and ...

A seminar at the University of Malta promises to provide valuable insights into the evolution of Italian painting ... on trecento art with its 2007 exhibition, Renaissance Siena: Art for a City ...

The ostensible subject of the show is a late medieval proto-Renaissance that took ... in establishing painting as the dominant form in Western art. It also has the almost inevitable subtext ...