Early Renaissance

American  

noun

1. a style of art developed principally in Florence, Italy, during the 15th century and characterized chiefly by the development of linear perspective, chiaroscuro, and geometrically based compositions.

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Early Renaissance British  

noun

1. the period from about 1400 to 1500 in European, esp Italian, painting, sculpture, and architecture, when naturalistic styles and humanist theories were evolved from the study of classical sources, notably by Donatello, Masaccio, and Alberti

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Example Sentences

Early Renaissance sculptors went to school on works like this, learning from them how to tell a complex story on a flat surface within a circumscribed area.

From The Wall Street Journal

A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome was unveiled Thursday in the Tuscan capital, where it will be displayed permanently following restoration.

From Seattle Times

He cited the early Renaissance Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch as someone who might not seem super relatable.

From New York Times

Beyoncé was joined on stage by her eldest daughter, Blue Ivy, during an early Renaissance tour stop in Paris.

From BBC

Come now, and you’ll encounter the whole continent’s art along a single chronological pathway, starting from the early Renaissance in central Italy and ending about 500 years later in France and Spain.

From New York Times