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The Technical Revolution of Oil Painting
by Kevin Filan

As in other arts, studies of mathematical perspective and human anatomy helped spur painting to new heights during the Renaissance. Equally important, however, was a new medium which took Europe's art community by storm. titian's iridescent colors, Rembrandt's moddy character studies, and El Greco's passionate brushstrokes would not have been possible without the development of oil paint.

 

Changing Perspectives: The Art of the
Italian Renaissance
by Charles Rammelkamp

The techniques of painting that were developed during the Renaissance, particularly in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, remain today the basis of all western art. Even today's computer graphics, advertising, and cinematic special effects have their roots in artistic principles that were established during the Italian Renaissance.

 

The Striking Portrait of Renaissance Painter Sofonisba Anguissola
by Susan Nagel Hines

It was only with increasing presence of women in institutions of higher learnng that people began to ask after women writers and artists whose names have dropped out of common knowledge. A few such women did exist despite the odds against their receiving an education and formal training in the arts. One of the most celebrated during hew own lifetime was painter Sofonisba Anguissola.

 

Hans Holbein and the Myth of the Flanders Mare
by Anna D. Allen

 

The Art of Chivalry: Photos from the Sands Point
Renaissance Faire
by Scott Grimando and Meryl Tihanyi

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Interview
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The Court Jester
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Forsoothly Spoken
The Many Colors of the Renaissance

 

Tomes of Lore

Moving Picture Reviews

 

Ye Old Classifyds

2005 Faires and Festivals

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Period Poetry

Crossword

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