Ancient history

What do Renaissance artists do?

Renaissance artists created a wide variety of works of art, including:

- Paintings

- Sculptures

- Drawings

- Prints

- Mosaics

- Frescoes

- Tapestries

- Illuminated manuscripts

- Metalwork

- Ceramics

Renaissance artists often depicted religious subjects in their work, but they also created secular art, such as portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.

Renaissance artists were also innovators in the techniques they used to create their art. They developed new methods of painting, such as oil painting, and they used new materials, such as bronze and marble.

The Renaissance was a time of great artistic achievement, and the works of Renaissance artists continue to be admired and studied today.