History of Furniture Exam 2 Practice

The idea behind the Renaissance revival in art and architecture is a return to classical style. Artists and builders studied ancient Greece and Rome, embracing their ideas of proportion, harmony, and rational order. They revived classical architectural orders, used geometric organization, and incorporated perspective in painting to achieve clarity and balance, often idealizing the human form. This deliberate turn back to antiquity sets it apart from later movements: Baroque is defined by drama and movement, Gothic revival looks to medieval Gothic, and Romanticism emphasizes emotion and individual experience.