The projection of measured shapes, mathematical
truth and formal beauty became conjoined in the minds of Renaissance
artists.
The discovery of perspective in art and architecture
changed the way artists perceived and depicted human life.
The word Renaissance refers to the revival
of ancient Rome and classical antiquity. The use of mythical
animals from classical times involving a delicate perception
of their charm in a way still twigged with medieval romance
is very much present during the Renaissance period.
The use of classical motifs, profusion of floral
ornaments, the use of small animals, arabesques (floral motifs
completely symmetrical with the shape of a candelabra) and
grotesques (designs derived from antiquity discovered in Rome
in the XV th. Century where the symmetry present in the arabesques
disappears) as well as mythological creatures are some of
the repertory used in terms of design along with high and
low relief carvings.
