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 rising urbanization, 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

Oculus

Altarpiece

Palazzo

Halo

Annunciation

Biblical narrative

Portrait and portraiture

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

Defining linear perspective

a woman wears a sheer veil on her head as she looks off the the side

Defining portrait with Rogier van der Weyden's Portrait of a Lady

What is a scepter?

What is an angel?

The Baroque

The 17th century is widely known as the Baroque era

Adding drama to painting: Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith

Rachel Ruysch, A Vase of Flowers, 1689

Exploring still life painting with Rachel Ruysch's Vase of Flowers