The Renaissance brought new and amazing innovations in the way that artists painted. However these innovations took place in two different geographic regions and in two very different ways. In the North artists used oil and strived for a intense realism. In Italy, a new style emerged called Mannerism. Italian artist experimented with spatial sense and proportions in order to express the actions in the painting more beautifully.
One artist in Italy, Titian, was a master at using color. He first began a painting by applying a layer of red paint to the surface before anyt