The renaissance paintings were usually about religion. When different artists such as Leonardo da vinci, Botticelli, Michelangelo and Raphael emerged they started to pain different things such as nudism and other stuff that was not related to the bible. Popes really disliked this.
Genre was one of Brueghel's main subjects for paintings.
the Renaissance main purpose was to bring back classical and Greek literature to the Europeans and to recover lost indulgences .
Dark background (night), strong light on the main subject.
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It was the birthplace of the Renaissance and the home of wealthy sponsors for artists like Michangelo.
Genre was one of Brueghel's main subjects for paintings.
Henri Rousseau used oil paint for his paintings.
Many artists such as michealangelo xreated many great paintings
Northern Renaissance versus Italian Renaissance Italian Renaissance's main medium were Frescos. In Northern Europe, they used oil. (See DaVinci's "The Last Supper" and Jan Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Wedding") During the Reformation and Counter Reformation, Italian painters made Catholic Church commissioned paintings. In the North, the paintings had far more secular subjects, and they had darker religious themes (if indeed the subject were religious). See artists/architects: Italian Renaissance Artists: Giotto, Donatello, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Boticelli, DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Palladio, Caravaggio, Gentileschi*, Bernini* Non-Italian Renaissance Artists: Limbourg Brothers, Christine de Pizan, Campin, Van der Weyden, Durer, Grunewald, Bosch, Bruegel, Rubens*, Rembrant*, Vermeer* * indicates a post Renaissance theme (Mannarism, Baroque, etc)
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Hum 205 University OF Phoenix Answer It was a prominent subject of all wall paintings
Florence was the area the Renaissance started.