Category: Renaissance Art

The Renaissance heralded a period of great change in Europe and particularly in Italy. This was a period that spanned two centuries and Italian art in

Renaissance art is a wide subject. This is a period of great change in the art world and with many rich families happy to patronize artists, they were

One of the strongest themes of Renaissance art is religion, and this shows in works from almost all Renaissance artists, whether the medium is paint o

Born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Michelangelo was born into a reasonably wealthy banking family. He is arguably the most famous of the

The Renaissance period came straight after the Middle Ages and with it saw many people leaning towards classic values, with a love of all things ancie