BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMWorkCalendar NAME:RMWorkCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:European Renaissance Inspiration Guide 10012026 DTSTAMP:20261002T013134Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:889-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:URLhttps://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/European-Ren aissance-Inspiration-Guide-1381838803CONTENTFOR THE October 2026 : Europea n Renaissance Challenge inLINK TO CHALLENGEturn underline line sections be low into inks to the challengeTrecento and the First Phase European Renais sanceThis phase of the European Renaissance is based on getting all elemen ts in works of art to be as natural as possible: physical forms\, color\, light\, or other. Models would be used to get human proportions correctly as well as testing the light \, and how objects look in the light. The key to comprehending the first phase of the european renaissance is that all the artist are trying to push at least one artistic aspect to a more natur al and intricate quality. Some try to push multiple artistic aspect\, some only push one artistic aspect.Yes\, most had religious context\, but for the European Renaissance challenge in Color-me-club you are not asked or d emanded any religious thematics\, the theme is free to the artist. The gui des for submissions are all based on elements. I restate\, You are free to do whatever theme you desire. You want aliens and robot killers\, go for it. The following are different temporal or regional examples of the First Phase of the European Renaissance\, all focusing on getting a natural loo k through the arts. Hopefully\, the content below will inspire you to real ize your artistic skill is already adequate to at least one oof the artist below\, who are deemed masters. So\, take a look at their artwork \, see what you like to do\, and create your lineart. I am willing to answer ques tions.Sienese Schoolmost of these works focus are perspectives.Giovanni Di Paolo 1403–1482 has block colors or short ranges of a color. The physic al forms are simple\, not as defined. But heavy use of backgrounds and mid grounds and foregrounds and angles. Usually clear in color and detailed ba ckgrounds and multiple individuals in the foreground.An example is Madonna of humility\, great details in the back\, but little shadow and the human forms are less detailed.Paolo's annunciation\, note the difference with B eccafumi below.Domenico Beccafumi 1486 – 1551 showed he was able to atta ck the natural goal betterthe best example is his annunciation- unlike Pao lo who has no shadows\, he uses light more and has a more detailed form of human figures as well as nature.Florentine Paintingartists in this region \, adopted the holistic approach \, getting light\, form\, color all corr ect.Piero della Francesca 1415 1492 notice he lived the same time as Paolo and after you see the examples below you see he was trying to reach the h olistic natural desire more.The flagulation has characters of different he ight\, shadows differing based on location\, physical forms defined better Sandro Botticelli  1445 1510 died before Beccafumi and yet you can see h is approach to achieve more natural effects.It like many of Botticelli's p aintings don't have characters with extreme changes in height and this dep th isn't challenged as much but the color and physical forms are well defi ned. TRIVIA I painted a variant of this in high school using acrylicMichel angelo 1475 – 1564 who was a better sculptor and Leonardo da Vinci 145 2 –1519 were both born and trained in Florence\, though did most of thei r work in Italy in Rome. Raphael1483 – 1520 wasn't Florentine but learne d in Florence\, before he also moved to Rome. But I argue most of their we ll known work is the for the second phase of European Renaissance I call M annerism.Forlivese School of Artmany places in italy have regional variati on \, I have not listed them all\, but I placed a few.Melozzo 1438 – 149 4 has few surviving work but the ones that exist show challenging perspect ive. Remember the first phase of the european renaissance goal is to show all aspects of the visual art in painting. Some tried it all\, many focuse d on areas.a great example is the following.Cologne schoolremember it is E uropean Renaissance \, not Italian Renaissance\, different places have dif ferent influences or styles\, partially based on the religious r fiscally wealthy community.Meister des Marienlebens - An unknown artists whose is n icknamed today Meister des Marienlebens painted in the first phaseMeeting at the golden gate\, you can see the perspective\, form\, the lighting is not natural \, but you can see the holistic application. Note: this work d oesn't have an official title.Dutch and FlemishThe northern European artis ts\, were heavily influenced by Bosch whose details in the background or i n the scene was superior to art of the south usually\, or Eyck whose persp ective's were at time unused or seen in the south.Hieronymus Bosch 1450 -- 1516 - an artist whose personality\, influences or life story is barely k nown. His art is what he left\, and like his identity it is specific. TRIV IA- as a kid I liked his style.You can see the cloudy wet sky above the li ght\, the figures in the difference and the cruuxificion in front\, the co lors are not complex but he creates a sense of extreme range. Because he i s in the north of Europe\, far from rome\, the expression can be different .Jan van Eyck 1390 – 144 alot of oil painting\, oil allows colors that o thers at that time did not. He has some very famous paintings\, Arnolfini and his wife.You can see in his Annunciation a many aspects\, depth\, ligh ting\, angles\, detailsDieric Bouts 1415 – 1475 a leader in using vanish ing points in perspectiveI mention The Virgin and Child because of its the me. A bare breasted virgin mary is very rare in modern images but was \, i argue common\, and near majority popular in desire in the european renais sance artistic age. While in comparison in the 1900s\, a woman showing her breast in artwork of the U.S.A. [films especially] is considered sluttish or some negativity.CreteAn eastern European First phase style. Because of the popularity of the Hagia Sophia [ holy wisdom] alot of eastern artist show the influence of the illustrative style in said building.Michael Dama skinos 1530/35–1592/93 -Adoration of the king - the figures look like th ey can be on the wall of the hagia with their colors\, but the scene compo sition and perspective is more complex.IN CONCLUSIONI hope what you realiz e looking at the presented first phase European Renaissance works is what determines something as European Renaissance is wide\, not narrow\, in all aspects: themes/colors/perspectives. So when you create your lineart\, do n't worry about impressing or your artistic skill. The key to the European Renaissance is pushing your craft \, not a destination. If you achieve th at\, then you have succeeded.The Second Phase of the European Renaissance is from Mannerism era and other art movements about Europe that differed i n one factor or another than from the goal of displaying all elements of a rt from the Trecento. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR