Arts of Early Modern Europe | Explore the Cultures of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical Era — artsq.org

Early Modern Europe

Early modern Europe experienced significant changes, influenced by new ways of thinking, global networks, colonization, and shifts in religion

The Italian Renaissance

Innovation and experimentation defined the Italian city-states between 1400–1600

Looking to Rome: Andrea Mantegna's oculus in the Camera Picta

Important terms and concepts

City-State

Florence

Humanism

Renaissance

Portraiture

Altarpiece

Palazzo

Halo

Annunciation

Biblical narrative

Rapahel's Lady with a Unicorn and female portraiture

Sandro Botticelli's Tondo

An elite home in Florence: Palazzo Rucellai

The function of an altarpiece in a church

Haloes explained | A painting of Saint George by Andrea Mantegna

Defining the Annunciation with Leonardo da Vinci

The Baroque

The 17th century is widely known as the Baroque era

Adding drama to painting: Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith