Renaissance architecture emerged in the early 15th century in Florence, Italy. Ushering in a revival of ancient Greek and ...

Archibald J. Motley, Black Belt, Harlem Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art Harlem Renaissance history is epic in proportion. The same goes for its art history. How were you able to narrow down ...

The relationship between artists and physicians during the Renaissance (roughly 1300 to ... the National Gallery’s West Building depict the proportions of the human form. Some focus on the ...

Renaissance artists transformed the art world by pioneering ... It emphasized symmetry, proportion, and geometry, moving away from the ornate Gothic style that preceded it. Notable examples ...

The “Vitruvian Man,” which Leonardo drew in about 1490, seems to summarize all of his work. Vitruvius’ long-forgotten book, printed in 1486, stated that to achieve beauty and harmony ...

In revisiting early modern European history, artists and designers are finding ... structured skirts suggesting the exaggerated proportions of Renaissance farthingales — stiff hooped petticoats ...

The relationship between artists and physicians during the Renaissance (roughly 1300 to ... the National Gallery’s West Building depict the proportions of the human form. Some focus on the ...

During the Renaissance, the goal of art was the expression of harmony, and harmony is a matter of proportion. Leonardo was fascinated with proportion. Vitruvian Man is a pure expression of the ...