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Italian
Renaissance painting is the painting of the period
from the early 15th to mid 16th centuries occurring
within the area of present-day Italy, which was at
that time divided into many political areas. The painters
of Renaissance Italy, although often attached to particular
courts and with loyalties to particular towns, nonetheless
wandered the length and breadth of Italy, often occupying
a diplomatic status and disseminating both artistic
and philosophical ideas.[1]
The city that is renowned as the birthplace of the
Renaissance and in particular, Renaissance painting,
is Florence.
The Proto-Renaissance begins with the professional
life of the painter Giotto and includes Taddeo Gaddi,
Orcagna and Altichiero. The Early Renaissance was
marked by the work of Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Uccello,
Piero della Francesca and Verrocchio. The High Renaissance
period was that of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo
and Raphael. The Mannerist period included Andrea
del Sarto, Pontormo and Tintoretto.
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