Renaissance paintings

Renaissance painting drew from antiquity and ancient works. Painters then focused especially on humans. Most often, they created portraits, as well as works on religious and mythological themes, and landscapes. Renaissance painting paid great attention to the proportions of human figures, and the great painters of this era experimented with the effects of light and shadow to achieve a three-dimensional effect and depth. The most famous Renaissance painters include Leonardo da Vinci - the author of the famous "Mona Lisa" and Michelangelo Buonarotti, the creator of the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.