Italian Renaissance art

Michelangelo's artistic era

Italian Renaissance art refers to the painting, sculpture, and architecture produced in Italy from roughly the 14th through the 16th centuries, a period marked by renewed interest in classical antiquity and revolutionary developments in perspective, anatomy, and naturalistic representation.

The movement began in Florence and spread throughout the Italian peninsula, producing masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael whose works remain touchstones of Western art.

The museum's collection of Italian Renaissance art draws visitors from around the world.

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Leonardo da Vinci · Donatello · marble sculpture · humanism · mythological figures · chiaroscuro · Sandro Botticelli · Birth of Venus · human form · portraits · Titian · trompe-l'œil · classical columns · tempera · fresco · allegories · oil painting · Pietà

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