Renaissance Paintings

Renaissance Paintings

Renaissance painting renewed the study of classical art, the human figure, and convincing pictorial space. In fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy, perspective and anatomy served Christian subjects, portraits, and civic commissions. Masaccio's Holy Trinity suggests a chapel within a wall; Raphael's School of Athens places classical philosophers in a papal setting. Northern painters such as Jan van Eyck developed detailed surfaces and luminous oil color, while drawings helped artists plan larger works.

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Early Netherlandish Painting in the Fifteenth Century

Fifteenth-century Netherlandish painters used oil on panels to describe reflected light, richly worked fabrics, and the textures of everyday objects. In altarpieces and portraits, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, and Hugo van der Goes connected devotional subjects and observed human likeness with intricate painted surfaces.

  1. Jan van Eyck

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  2. Rogier van der Weyden

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  3. Petrus Christus

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  4. Hans Memling

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  5. Hugo van der Goes

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