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The Renaissance in Art &
Architecture
Pre-Renaissance Art
Iconographic figures
 no perspective
 little realism
 utilitarian artwork
 religious artwork

Lived in the early 14th
century
 considered the first to
use perspective
 introduced the
“coherence of art”
theory
 painted several
religious works
 view Mourning of
Christ

Gothic Architecture
Use of barrel vaults
and groin vaults
 Use of flying
buttresses
 Use of stained glass
 Last example of
medieval labyrinth
 Best example is
Chartres Cathedral
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Chartres