Most Common Examples Of Illusion In The Italian Renaissance

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The Renaissance was a period of great intellectual and artistic advancement, especially in Italy, often called the birthplace of the age of rebirth. Illusion, or deceiving the senses, was a common technique used in time period. Artists of Renaissance were generally concerned with perfection, and illusion was a way to add a sense of realism to the artwork, as if the paintings were alive rather than two-dimensional. One of the most common examples of illusion in the Italian Renaissance was through the use of perspective to give a notion of depth, such as with Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, 1495-1498 and Raphael Sanzio’s Philosophy (The School of Athens), 1509-1511. In addition to being one of his more important works, Leonardo da Vinci’s