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Movement in European art of the 15th and 16th
centuries. It began in Florence, Italy, with
the rise of a spirit of humanism and a new
appreciation of the Classical past. In
painting and sculpture this led to greater
naturalism and interest in anatomy and
perspective. Renaissance art peaked around
1500 with the careers of Leonardo da Vinci,
Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian in Italy
and Durer in Germany. The Renaissance was
heralded by the work of the early
14th-century painter Giotto in Florence, and
in the early 15th century a handful of
outstanding innovative artists emerged there:
Masaccio in painting, Donatello in sculpture,
and Brunelleschi in architecture. At the same
time the humanist philosopher, artist, and
writer Alberti recorded many of the new ideas
in his treatises on painting, sculpture, and
architecture. These ideas soon became
widespread in Italy, and many new centres of
patronage formed. In the 16th century Rome
superseded Florence as chief centre of
activity and innovation, and it became the
capital of the High Renaissance. In northern
Europe the Renaissance spirit is apparent in
the painting of the van Eyck brothers in the
early 15th century. Later, Durer demonstrated
a scientific and enquiring mind and, after
his travels in Italy, brought many
Renaissance ideas back to Germany. Hans
Holbein the Younger brought some of the
concerns of Renaissance art to England in the
16th century, but it was not until the 17th
century that English taste was significantly
affected.