... of Europe. A short period known as High Renaissance (1500-1520) gave birth to some of the most influential and greatly known artists, among them Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Directly following this period is an interval that concluded the inspired majesty known as The Renaissance, this period is called ... get smaller and blurrier. This is one technique used to make painting more realistic; another was the actual medium used. The Renaissance enabled artists to stray from painting on church walls and experiment with oil based paints on stretched canvases. With oil based paints the...

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