The art<span> of the </span>Renaissance<span> is characterized by realism. ... In the high </span>Renaissance<span>, from 1475 to 1525, artists including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo focused on space and perspective to lend more realism to </span>art<span>.</span>
The Italian Renaissance and the Middle Ages.
Interestingly, all of these subjects are combined in linear perspective, which uses geometric lines and a vanishing point to give the illusion of depth and space to painting. Giotto, Brunelleschi, and Alberti experimented and/or wrote about linear perspective and helped pave the way for future Renaissance artists.
