Renaissance 1st edition  Renaissance 0 9783822852965 3822852961
Details about Renaissance:  The rebirth of culture Art as we
know it today could not exist had not the revolutionary work of
the Renaissance artists paved the way. Widely considered the
most important and influential movement in the history of fine
arts, literature, architecture, and science, the Renaissance
marked the emergence of Western civilization from the Middle
Ages into the modern era. Beginning in the 14th century in
Italy, the movement spread throughout Europe by the late 15th
century, the main centers of fine art activity being in
Florence, the Low Countries, and Germany. For the first time,
art became intellectual; influenced by humanism, artists
experimented with secular subjects and revived classical
antiquity. Advances in anatomy and geometry produced more
realistic depictions in terms of space and perspective for the
Italians, while new oil painting techniques made their mark in
Flemish painting and woodcuts and engravings w