Renaissance art theory

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aesthetic theory art theory historical movement in art thought intellectual tradition

Renaissance art theory is the body of ideas and principles developed in 15th- and 16th-century Europe that emphasized naturalism, linear perspective, classical harmony, and the intellectual status of the artist.

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Label	Occurrences
Renaissance art	11
Renaissance art theory canonical	1
Renaissance trompe-l’oeil traditions	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aesthetic theory ⓘ art theory ⓘ historical movement in art thought ⓘ intellectual tradition ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	art as a liberal art ⓘ artist as creator ⓘ colorito ⓘ disegno ⓘ ideal beauty ⓘ mimesis ⓘ perspective construction ⓘ proportional canons ⓘ ut pictura poesis ⓘ
contrastsWith	medieval art theory ⓘ
developedInPeriod	15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
developedInRegion	Europe ⓘ
emphasizes	aerial perspective ⓘ clarity ⓘ classical harmony ⓘ human anatomy ⓘ linear perspective ⓘ mathematical order ⓘ naturalism ⓘ proportion ⓘ rational composition ⓘ the imitation of nature ⓘ the intellectual status of the artist ⓘ
focusesOn	historical consciousness of style ⓘ humanism in art ⓘ individual artistic genius ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Albrecht Dürer ⓘ Baldassare Castiglione ⓘ Filippo Brunelleschi ⓘ Giorgio Vasari ⓘ Leon Battista Alberti ⓘ Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ Lorenzo Ghiberti ⓘ Piero della Francesca ⓘ
hasKeyText	De pictura ⓘ De prospectiva pingendi ⓘ De re aedificatoria ⓘ De pictura ⓘ surface form: Della pittura (Leonardo’s Treatise on Painting, compiled) De pictura ⓘ surface form: Della pittura e della scultura Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ⓘ surface form: Lives of the Artists On the Art of Measurement with the Compass and Ruler ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Plato ⓘ Vitruvius ⓘ ancient Greek art theory ⓘ ancient Roman art theory ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ
influences	Neoclassical art theory ⓘ academic art theory ⓘ art academies in Europe ⓘ
preparesFor	Baroque art theory ⓘ
redefines	architecture as a liberal art ⓘ painting as a liberal art ⓘ sculpture as a liberal art ⓘ social status of the artist ⓘ
uses	anatomical study for figure drawing ⓘ geometry in composition ⓘ optics in perspective ⓘ
values	balanced compositions ⓘ clarity of narrative ⓘ decorum in subject matter ⓘ symmetry ⓘ