Northern Renaissance 15th Century Flashcards
What are examples of results from 15th century Europe?
Continued growth on urban centers, growth of the middle class, increased literacy and disposable income, increase in private devotional art, invention of the printing press.
What is an urban center?
A home for artisans, day workers, merchants, and aristocrats.
Renaissance Art caused an increase in?
The interest of natural world, observation and detail and in portraits.
What is intuitive persepective?
Diminishing the size of objects as they recede into the distance.
What is atmospheric/aerial perspective?
Distant elements appear increasingly distant and less colorful in the background.
What is the Book of Hours?
A private book
Who was the biggest commissioner for art during the Northern Renaissance?
The French Court
