During the Renaissance, an artist built their skills from the ground up as an apprentice, starting with making the materials needed for painting, like paints and brushes. Then they would observe the master artist and copy his best works, this way perfecting their craft.
Artists during that time had a wide range of creative endeavors. So much so that the term “Renaissance Man” came to exist to describe a person successful in a wide range of skills.
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Leonardo da Vinci is known to be the quintessential Renaissance man, who made paintings and sculptures. He designed buildings and machines and explored natural sciences at a high level. Artists of the Renaissance period were truly impressively skilled, so it’s no surprise that they created works that, even centuries later, people are pining for.
If you’re one of them and this list for you was not enough, make sure to check out our previous article on Accidental Renaissance.
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