How does Renaissance Art affect us today?

Principles of realism, particularly as they appeared in terms of art and literature have remained vital in all aspects of American society and figures such as Boccaccio, da Vinci, Machiavelli, and others live on and influence the way we view our world today. read more

Renaissance art (and for this discussion I would define it as European art produced between the 15th and 17th centuries, influenced by a cluster of aesthetic and philosophical ideas first articulated in Italy starting in the late 14th century) is one of the supreme high points of human artistic creativity. read more

Also, art started to spread from Italy to Northern Europe causing it to become more popular. This impacted our would because it has created new techniques for our artists to use and it also has created art to be popular like it is today. Church The church's went through big changes in the Renaissance time period. read more

Before the Renaissance, artists and authors generally focused on religious topics only and wrote for the nobility and the clergy. Starting during the Renaissance, authors began to write about topics that the common person would both enjoy and understand. read more