Renaissance art is marked by a gradual shift from the abstract forms of the medieval period to the representational forms of the 15th century. Subj...

Characteristics of Renaissance art, notably naturalism, can be found in 13th-century European art but did not dominate until the 15th century. Scho...

Interest in humanism, a philosophy that emphasized the individual and the human capacity for fulfillment through reason, transformed the Renaissanc...

The developments of the Renaissance changed the course of art in ways that continue to resonate today. Interest in humanism transformed the artist...

Two of the most famous artworks in history were painted during the Renaissance: the Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) and the Last Supper (c. 1495–98), both e...