Renaissance Art Movement Names Generator

Early Renaissance Styles

• Proto-Renaissance

  Transitional period between Medieval and Renaissance art

• Trecento

  14th-century Italian art, precursor to the Renaissance

• Quattrocento

  15th-century Italian Renaissance art

• Florentine School

  Renaissance art centered in Florence

• Venetian School

  Renaissance art style developed in Venice

• Northern Renaissance

  Renaissance art north of the Alps

• Flemish Primitives

  Early Netherlandish painting style

• Sienese School

  Distinctive style of painting in Siena

• Umbrian School

  Renaissance painting style from central Italy

• Paduan School

  Renaissance art style developed in Padua

• Giottesque

  Style influenced by the artist Giotto

• International Gothic

  Late Medieval style with Renaissance influences

• Ars Nova

  New art style of the early Renaissance

• Humanist Art

  Art influenced by Renaissance Humanism

• Perspectivism

  Early use of linear perspective in art

• Sfumato

  Leonardo da Vinci's soft, hazy style

• Chiaroscuro

  Use of strong contrasts between light and dark

• Naturalism

  Realistic depiction of nature and people

• Classicism

  Revival of classical Greek and Roman styles

• Sacred Conversations

  Paintings of the Virgin and saints in a unified space

High Renaissance Movements

• High Renaissance

  Peak of artistic achievement in the Italian Renaissance

• Roman School

  High Renaissance style centered in Rome

• Tuscan Renaissance

  Renaissance art from the Tuscany region

• Lombard Renaissance

  Renaissance art from the Lombardy region

• Mannerism

  Late Renaissance style with exaggerated proportions

• Raphael School

  Style influenced by the artist Raphael

• Michelangelesque

  Style influenced by Michelangelo

• Leonardesque

  Style influenced by Leonardo da Vinci

• Bramantesque

  Architectural style influenced by Bramante

• Venetian Colorism

  Emphasis on color in Venetian painting

• Tonalism

  Use of subtle tonal variations

• Ideal Beauty

  Pursuit of perfect proportions and forms

• Contrapposto

  Sculptural pose with shifted weight

• Quadratura

  Illusionistic ceiling painting

• Trompe l'oeil

  Art technique that creates optical illusions

• Grotesque

  Decorative style with fantastic human and animal forms

• Alla Romana

  In the Roman style

• Sprezzatura

  Studied carelessness or effortless mastery

• Disegno

  Emphasis on drawing and composition

• Colorito

  Emphasis on color over line

Renaissance Techniques and Themes

• Fresco

  Painting technique on wet plaster

• Tempera

  Egg-based paint medium

• Oil Painting

  Technique using pigments in oil

• Impasto

  Thick application of paint

• Glazing

  Applying thin, transparent layers of paint

• Grisaille

  Monochrome painting technique

• Sgraffito

  Scratching through surface layers

• Intaglio

  Printmaking technique

• Woodcut

  Relief printing technique

• Stiacciato

  Very low relief sculpture

• Mythological Scenes

  Depictions of classical myths

• Religious Iconography

  Symbolic religious imagery

• Portraiture

  Realistic depiction of individuals

• Still Life

  Depiction of inanimate objects

• Landscape

  Depiction of natural scenery

• Genre Scenes

  Depictions of everyday life

• Allegory

  Use of symbolic figures or actions

• Humanism

  Focus on human potential and achievement

• Neoplatonism

  Revival of Platonic philosophy in art

• Patronage

  System of artistic sponsorship

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