What is Renaissance art?
{{See also|List of Renaissance artists}} Many of the most famous and best-loved works of art in the world were created during the time known as the [[Renaissance]]. The Renaissance began about 1400 and lasted until about 1600. [[Italy]], and in particular the city of [[Florence]] is thought of as the home of Renaissance art. Many Flemish painters from the area of modern [[Belgium]] were also very busy at this time. The style of their pictures, and their use of [[oil painting]] influenced the Italian painters. ==Important artworks== * '''Competition for the Baptistry Doors''' :In 1401, a competition was held to find a [[Sculpture|sculptor]] to make a huge set of [[bronze]] door for the oldest church in [[Florence]]. Lorenzo [[Ghiberti]], Filippo [[Brunelleschi]] and [[Donatello]] all entered the competition. Ghiberti won. When he finished the first set of doors, he had to make another set. It took fifty years. In that time, dozens of artists helped Ghiberti to make the doors. * '''Brancacci Chapel''' :On the walls of this family [[chapel]] at the church of the Carmelite Monastery, [[Massaccio]] painted pictures which were so realistic that everyone was amazed. * '''The statue of the Smug Cat''' :The most famous sculptor of the Early Renaissance was Donatello. His most important job was to make a huge ''equestrian monument'' of a soldier (on horseback). The soldier's was called by his nickname, Gattamelata, meaning the Smug Cat (a Cat who is fed on Honey). Donatello had seen a huge equestrian monument before; there is one in Rome of the Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]]. No-one had made such a big bronze statue for more than a thousand years. Donatello's statue was a huge success. It still stands outside the Basilica of Saint Antonio, in the city of Padua. * '''The painting of the Last Supper''' :[[Leonardo da Vinci]] did one of the world's most famous paintings, the [[Last Supper]] on the wall of the dining room in a monastery in [[Milan]] while he was working there for the Duke. It shows Jesus, on the nig