Question

The Renaissance artists tried to put life in canvas and stone. Describe their achievements in the fields of Painting

Answer 1

Painting: The city of Florence (Italy), produced in the second half of the 15th century very great artists and painters.

1. Leonardo de Vinci: Leonardo de Vinci was a great painter, sculptor a great musician, and scientist. ‘The Last Supper’ and ‘Mona Lisa’ are the great masterpieces of European art. New techniques were adopted in his paintings to give a fine feeling of reality.
2. Michael Angelo: He was a painter of the first rank and also an outstanding sculptor. The ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in the papal palace of the Vatican was his masterpiece. His paintings were based on Biblical themes and the Grand Fresco of the ‘Last Judgement’ is considered the most famous painting in the world.
3. Raphael: He was a great artist of the Florentine school and his most celebrated painting was ‘Sistine Madonna’. He lived several years in Rome in the service of Pope, decorating the Vatican and designing the St. Peter’s Church. During the early Renaissance period, artists used to have their paintings based on the themes from the Holy Scriptures and covered the walls of churches and palaces, painting scenes depicting Biblical characters and events. With the revival of interest in old Greek and Roman mythology, later artists started painting the themes from Christian Literature in Greco-Roman Style.