The Renaissance Period

The Renaissance Period

Introduction

Renaissance art includes a variety of media and genres, falling into the major categories of painting, sculpture, and works on paper, objects, and architecture. The first four categories can be further subdivided into panel painting, frescoes, oil painting, portraits, genre scenes, sculpture in the round that is ranging from monumental to miniature, reliefs, altarpieces, coins, drawings, prints, illuminated manuscripts, printed books, tapestries, jewellery, work in bronze, stone, ivory, and wood, and domestic objects such as dinnerware, clocks, and marriage chests (Lynne, 2009).

Discussion

The Renaissance is a cultural reform that began somewhere in the 14th century and went on ...