Chapter 18 - The Renaissance Through the Baroque

Classical Greek & Roman art influenced Donatello
Donatello was the first to do a life-sized nude since ancient times
The first monumental painting/representation of a nude goddess is The Birth of Venus
Sfumato means smoke-filled, hazy, cloudy atmosphere
- Mona Lisa is painted with this method
Mannerism was a style based on "intervention" and the technical virtuosity of the artist
- Michaelangelo's Last Judgement influences mannerism
- Characteristics of mannerism is artificial invention, technical imagination, and highly individualistic
El Greco is the one mannerist artist that is considered a great artist
Baroque is theatrical and dramatic
The Baroque was believed to have been created by the papacy
Kinkade is known as the painter of light (his signature)