What were the distinctive characteristics of renaissance art and architecture?
it depends on the specific type of art form. There was mannerism, which was characterized by odd poses and distortions, such as seen in the works of Pontormo. They quote for the Renaissance was Da Vinci’s statement “Man is the measure of all things”. In this sense, the individual became the subject of art. The church mainly used art to portray passion, emotion, and drama in order to bring people back to the faith. You will find that many works of art have either a religious theme, or a classical theme. The Baroque movement had 3 movements. There was Florid Baroque in Rome, Classical Baroque in the palace of Louis XIV of France, and Restrained Baroque in the North with Rembrandt. There was much use of line, shadow, and color.
