Renaissance came about, artists now became more characteristically inclined with realism. Before the Renaissance, style had aimed for a rich, glowing surface, with elaborate linear designs. Soon after, figures were then being portrayed and painted with a sense of depth, their volume represented by a careful use of light and dark, so that they took on the same strength and presence as works of sculpture (Cunningham 242). Instead of just being confronted with an image, spectators saw the living and breathing figures before them. One artist who took charge in this was Renaissance painter Giotto. His works range from his realistic Madonna Enthroned painted tempera on wood in 1310 to his ever-famous painting, The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, painted fresco in the Arena Chapel in Padua, Italy earlier in 1305. Because of his advances, artists thereafter began to accomplish the same. His works I would definitely like to see for myself. The accomplishments in architecture during that time, I have to say, are simply genius. Just to think of how these mass cathedrals, palaces, and s

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