The founder of Renaissance painting is Masaccio马萨乔 and his succeeding generation of artists developed a style of scientific naturalism.
Artists of the later period of the Renaissance mastered a technique of portraying nature on the basis of an insightful assimilation of classical heritage.
Three towering figures:Leonardo da Vinci:he demonstrated his talents in many areas. The Virgin of the Rocks,Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Michelangelo Buonarotti:Large groups of the Sistine ChapelHis breathtaking technical ability connected with a disposition to bend rules of anatomy and proportion in the service of greater expensive power.
Rapahel Sanzio:The School of Athens was painted in the VaticanThe virgin Mary
The fourth well-known artist:Tiziano VecellioHe was famous for his portraits in which he used highly effective proportions of colour and light.
Unaffected by the Mannerist crisis,the northern Italian painters continued to create. Venetian painters adapted to the self-indulgent,pleasure-loving culture of Venice.
