Throughout history, no art movement has had an impact as profound as Italian Renaissance art. Regarded as a golden age of art, music, and literature, the period has inspired creatives for centuries, with iconic works by master artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo serving as muses.

Here, we explore the history and trace the trends of the revolutionary movement, paying particular attention to the aesthetic characteristics and artistic techniques that define it.

What is the Italian Renaissance?

The Italian Renaissance occurred between the 14th and 17 centuries in Italy. Derived from the word Rinascimento, or “rebirth,” the Renaissance is generally seen as an enlightened age of art and architecture due to a renewed cultural interest in classical antiquity.

“The Early Renaissance” denotes the period between 1400 and 1490, when artists like Fra Angelico and Botticelli began to experiment with realism.

Between 1490 and 1527, well-known Italian artists like Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael produced particularly celebrated works of art. This period of time is often referred to as the “High Renaissance.”

History

During the Dark Ages (approximately 500-1000 AD), Italian art was predominantly rooted in religion. In painting, this unique approach was characterized by spiritual iconography, flat compositions, unrealistic color palettes, and ethereal, otherworldly figures. In the 1300s, however, Italian artists based in Florence abandoned this distinctive aesthetic and adopted a more humanist approach to art. This time of change would eventually be known as the Italian Renaissance.

While the exact impetus of the Italian Renaissance is not known, many scholars believe that the shift was due to economic instability, as 14th century Italy’s lack of investment opportunities prompted wealthy individuals to instead fund the arts. This increased interest in art lasted for several centuries and had a profound influence on Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture.

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This holiday season we’ve seen many museums and galleries around the world increase their generous offerings of digitized art. Museums that have joined the digital world include The National Gallery, Tate Modern, and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), to name just a few. Now with over 600,000 digitized works of art, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is part of this educational community of art liberation, which has successfully more-than-quadrupled their collection since launching the Rijksstudio in 2012.

The Rijksstudio’s extensive collection includes 17th century Dutch paintings from some of the old Dutch Masters, such as Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer. The Portrait collection features works from the 14th century to the present day, and even contains a Self-Portrait by Van Gogh, painted in 1887. Other themes include Landscapes, containing Hendrick Avercamp’s Winter landscape with skaters, and Still Lifes.

In addition to paintings, the Rijksmuseum archive includes photographs of historical furniture and interiors, applied arts, and fashion. The museum also owns an astonishing 7,250 ceramic objects, some of which have been documented and added to the Rijksstudio Ceramics collection.

The high-resolution images are free to download once you sign up to become a member of Rijksstudio. You can then save your favorite works to your self-curated art collections, download and create prints, and share your finds on social media.

The Rijksmuseum digital archive of over 600,000 works of art includes the work of Dutch Masters…

…as well as photographs of historical furniture, ceramics, and fashion.

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Texas-based woodworking artist and YouTube star Bobby Duke specializes in hand-carved wooden sculptures and stone carvings. For his latest creation, Duke created an illusionary floating mug sculpture that looks like it’s pouring liquefied colored pencils. The mug is cleverly carved from a single block of basswood, while the “liquid” is made from hundreds of Crayola colored pencils that have been glued together and sanded into a flowing shape that cascades to form a “splash” at the base. A clear resin finish gives the piece an amazing liquid shine.

Duke films the creation of every piece he makes, which he shares with his fan base of over 250,000 Youtube subscribers. Despite his professional sculpting skills, Duke also has a less serious side that comes across in his videos. For his Floating Cup Pencil Carving video, Duke introduces it saying, “In this video, we travel yet further into my twisted mind and sense of humor.” The episode takes the viewer through the entire process, from Duke’s hilarious over-excitement when shopping for wood, to his evident delirium when his crazy idea becomes a reality.

Duke is currently auctioning the final piece on eBay, with 10% of the proceeds going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. If you’d like to see more of Duke’s work (and his sense of humor), you can follow him on YouTube and Instagram.

Woodworking artist Bobby Duke has created an illusionary floating mug sculpture that looks like it’s pouring liquefied colored pencils.

Watch Duke’s entire making process, where he invites you to “travel yet further into [his] twisted mind and sense of humor.”

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Most street artists use urban spaces as their canvas, but Moscow-based graffiti artist Evgeny Ches takes to the forest to create his art. Inspired by the work of French artists Kanos and Astro, Ches uses a technique called CelloGraff, where he stretches cellophane around two trees, and spray paints his murals onto the transparent film. Ches’s spray-paintings depict life-like wild animals—including a dinosaur, a polar bear, a monkey, and even a giant squirrel—that almost look as though they’re really living among the forest trees.

By using cellophane, the artist is able to position their art in any location, as long as there are two columns between which they can stretch their plastic wrap canvases. By creating graffiti in the forest, Ches reverses preconceptions of street art only existing in an urban environment. “The contrast seems very interesting to me when street art moves to [the] natural environment,” he explains. “Millions of artworks are covering buildings, bridges, fences.” Ches hopes that by using cellophane, his temporary installations will encourage other artists to avoid “spoiling any walls.”

You can find more of Ches’s work on Instagram, and watch his street art adventures via his YouTube channel.

Graffiti artist uses a technique called CelloGraff to create life-like animal murals on plastic wrap in the forest.

By not painting backgrounds, Ches’s graffiti animals appear to fit into the natural environment.

Watch Ches create his Cellograffiti Dinosaur, and learn how you can create your own CelloGraff art.

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If movies are to go by, you might think that true love is expressed through grand gestures or singing from the rooftops. However, real love is often hidden behind closed doors, away from an audience, and expressed during day-to-day, even mundane, yet intimate moments. Auckland-based illustrator and concept artist Lynn Choi captures these endearing moments of couples in love through her charming digital drawings.

Often rendered in warm, cozy colors, Choi’s drawings illustrate the many relatable, loved-up experiences of a modern relationship. In one image, the artist’s characters are shown making breakfast together, wearing matching animal slippers, while the morning sun floods the scene through the kitchen window. In another, the enamored duo spends a cozy night in, pigging out in their pajamas, watching TV. The illustrator easily captures the shared everyday experiences of couples in love. Choi even believes that “couples who feed each other at the same time will last forever.” This is aptly represented in one illustration in which the male character can be seen feeding his partner, while they both work at a candle lit table.

Having just graduated from animation school, Choi aims to “work HARDER to warm your hearts with more illustrations next year!” As the series develops, so does the characters’ connection—we’re looking forward to seeing more endearing moments soon!

You can find more of Choi’s adorable illustrations on Instagram.

These illustrations by Lynn Choi perfectly capture the endearing day-to-day experiences of a couple in love.

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Whether you’re just starting out or you’re a seasoned professional, understanding how to price your services or products can be a daunting task for any creative professional. In fact, one of the biggest mistakes freelancers make is underselling themselves because they either don’t take into consideration all the proper factors or underestimate the value their experience brings.

Recently, we tackled art commissions and best practices for ensuring they run smoothly, which touched on pricing to a degree. Here, we’ll go further in depth about the steps you can take to set your prices and make sure they are on target for your market. Photographers, designers, and makers all need to have a good grasp on pricing if they want to create a successful, long-term career. And while we won’t discuss fine art pricing, which is a separate argument, The Value of Art is a great book to begin understanding the contemporary art market.

Here are some considerations to help you better understand how to price your creative services or goods in order to stay competitive, but keep your business running successfully.

Hourly Rate or Flat Fee?

This is a common dilemma for anyone offering creative services. While a flat rate can seem like a straightforward, easy way to go, if not considered carefully it can have some downsides. There can be such a wide range of needs within any given service, that you might find yourself setting a low price to get people in the door, and then spending considerably more time than you’d like on the given project.

So, while a doing well-priced flyer designs, for example, might be a good way to get your graphic design business off the ground, you may find yourself pouring too many hours into a project that, when broken down hourly, pays peanuts. Conversely, setting a high flat rate squeezes out a lot of potential clients who simply can’t afford the large number. If their projects are actually straightforward, from a time standpoint, you could be missing out on easy money. So, if you go the flat rate route, make sure you take into consideration these different aspects to come to a happy medium that you—and your clients—will be pleased with.

For service-based creatives, use a calculator to help you figure out your hourly rate.

There are a large number of factors when thinking about pricing, and the amount of time you are physically performing the task at hand is only one thing to consider. Aside from expenses, one of the first questions you want to ask yourself is, “How much do I want to earn in a year?” and “How many hours a week do I want to work in order to achieve that goal?” And, of course, you’ll want to make sure you get paid for all the intangibles of a business that aren’t directly connected to a specific project, whether that be hours spent doing market research or time brainstorming new creative concepts for your brand.

If this all sound daunting, there are a number of online calculators that will take you through the process, step-by-step. BeeWits and the NPPA have comprehensive hourly rate calculators for any freelance business, while Sprouting Photographer has a number of rate calculators specifically for photographers.

If you’re producing handmade items, there are tools for you, too!

Maybe you aren’t selling a creative service, but rather producing artistically crafted items to sell, whether that be online or in person. There are different considerations when thinking about products aside from production hours, but you will still want to factor things like the costs of marketing or research for your new line. And some of the issues you’ll face are different, including whether or not you want to wholesale items and transaction fees or commissions from services like PayPal or Etsy. Remember, most artisans have a markup of at least 50% in order to account for eventual ventures in wholesaling and to have enough of a profit margin to be able to reinvest in the business.

Craftsybase has a simple and efficient calculator for pricing out Etsy products, while Creative Hive Co has a comprehensive guide to pricing handmade goods, as well as a free downloadable calculator for setting prices.

Understand Who’s in Your Market—and What They Can Afford

Of course, calculators are great for crunching numbers, but as any successful entrepreneur will tell you, math is only part of the story. One of the most important reasons to find your artistic niche is that once you know who your customer is, you’ll be able to think about what they can realistically afford.

This will require you to do some market research to discover if the pricing you are calculating is competitive in the marketplace or is completely out of synch. Sometimes this will be based on location. If you are a wedding photographer, there will be a particular radius you work in, and doing research to find out what other photographers in the area are charging will be key. Of course, when comparing your prices to others, also think about what makes your work comprable—or not. Maybe you have more years of experience or have had your work exhibited by important institutions. These are all reasons to justify a higher rate. Conversely, if you are just starting out and looking to cultivate a client base to grow your business, pricing competitively will help you do so until you have enough experience to raise your rates.

If you are selling goods online, a quick search for comparable items on Etsy and Amazon will help you see if you are under or overpricing yourself. It’s also helpful to look at Google Adwords and the search volume for the type of item you are selling. If a lot of people are searching for the product, that’s good news for you—thought you’ll want to think about what makes your work unique in order to market it successfully. But if the volume is very low and you aren’t able to find many comparable items online or locally, you’ll want to think about whether or not there is a market for what you want to sell.

Remember, selling—whether it’s a service or a physical item—is all about supply and demand. If you have a market for your work, but your clients can’t afford what you are selling, you’ll need to get creative in thinking about how to get them what they want without compromising your business. This may mean creatively sourcing less expensive materials or starting out part time until you can grow enough to support yourself fully.

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Food presentation has a long history, with records dating back to ancient Roman and Medieval times. In addition to enhancing aesthetic appeal, elaborate food presentation was thought to be a symbol of wealth, power, and cultural taste. More than 2,000 years later, food preparation has arguably evolved into a global food art movement. No longer reserved for high society banquets, 2017 has seen artists elevate day-to-day food and drink to a new level, crafting clever cuisine that’s almost too good to eat.

We’ve seen some ingenious, highly expressive approaches emerge over the last year—exemplified by Dinara Kasko’s precise architectural cakes—as well as more traditional methods, but executed with a contemporary aesthetic, like Gothic black wedding cakes and frosted succulent-topped desserts. There’s also been a resurgence of time-honored techniques applied to the humble pie and cake—from Karin Pfeiff Boschek’s perfect pastry crusts to Maggie Austin’s floral sugar flowers.

This year’s list makes an excellent case for why you should always play with your food.

Check out our top 20 food art masterpieces from 2017.

Avocado Pit Carvings by Jan Campbell

Jan Campbell hand-carves intricate, fantastical figurines out of avocado pits. Her ongoing series of handheld totems and pendants all started when she accidentally scraped the surface of an avocado stone with her nail, and “a beautiful deep orange pigment surfaced.”

 

Sugar Flowers by Maggie Austin

Ballerina-turned-pastry chef Maggie Austin uses various techniques to create delicate, super-realistic flowers made out of sugar. Arranged atop of multi-tiered cakes, they look far too beautiful to eat.

 

Psychedelic Smoothie Bowls by Rachel Lorton

Using all-natural ingredients and a toothpick, Rachel Lorton produces smoothie bowls in colorful, vibrant patterns. They not only look amazing, but they’re healthy, too. Lorton’s ingredients include raw beetroot, turmeric, hemp heart, pea flower, and more.

 

Chocolate City Maps by Nisnas Industries

Nisnas Industries partnered with Tamtik Chocolate to create a series of chocolate blocks in the shape of city maps from across the globe. Each design takes inspiration from mashrabiya, a traditional geometric Arabic pattern, typically found in architecture.

 

Math-Inspired Cakes by Dinara Kasko

Architect-turned-pastry chef Dinara Kasko designs a diverse collection of sculptural desserts, rendered using algorithmic tools and complex diagramming techniques.

 

Smoothie Bowl Paintings by Hazel Zakariya

Hazel Zakariya uses smoothie bowls as her canvas, and natural ingredients—like turmeric, blue matcha, and activated charcoal—as her “paint.” Her culinary creations depict adorable animals and characters from popular culture.

 

Rainbow-Colored Pasta by Linda Miller Nicholson

Dubbed the “Lady Gaga of Food,” Linda Miller Nicholson has a reputation for making avant-garde edibles. Her homemade, naturally-dyed pasta comes in an amazing array of rainbow colors, shapes, and designs.

 

3D Latte Art by Daphne Tan

17-year-old Singapore-based latte artist Daphne Tan uses a foamy mix of carob powder, soy milk, and water to create thick, sculpted foam characters that pop out of the mug.

 

Colorful Cake Pops by Raymond Tan

Self-taught baker Raymond Tan produces delectable cakes pops that really pop with color and festive design. His creations range from elegant and abstract patterns to super cute characters.

 

Patterned Pie Crust Designs by Karin Pfeiff Boschek

This food artist creates perfectly patterned pies from her home-made pastry. From geometric patterns, to nature-inspired motifs, her pre- and-post-oven images on Instagram are a masterclass in pastry decoration.

 

Toast Art by Eiko Mori

Using a toothpick, a spoon, and a miniature piping bag made from parchment paper as her tools, Eiko Mori creates charming patterned motifs on shoku-pan, a Japanese-style milk bread.

 

Black Weddings Cakes

2017 saw many non-traditionalist couples favoring gothic wedding cakes for their special day. Dark icing acts as a dramatic backdrop for eye-catching accents like delicate sugar flowers and hand-painted gold designs.

 

Brushstroke Cakes by Kalabasa

This Moscow-based bakery creates edible artworks that feature one of art’s most fundamental elements: the brushstroke. The painterly chocolate strips are airbrushed in a range of colors, and artistically arranged on the cakes.

 

Mini Tower Cakes by Rachel Dyke

Rachel Dyke merges food art and miniaturization to create tiny cake towers that can fit in the palm of your hand. But don’t be too quick to bite—the creations are made of an inedible polymer clay.

 

Succulent Cakes by Ivenoven

Jakarta-based Ivenoven uses her perfect piping techniques to create gorgeous, mouth-watering succulent cakes sculpted with frosting, butter, and food coloring.

 

Illustrated Cookies by Holly Fox

Los Angeles-based artist Holly Fox‘s colorful cookies are baked in a range of quirky motifs and colors, from vintage sewing machines and nail polish bottles to unicorns and seahorses.

 

Rubik’s Cube Cakes by Cédric Grolet

Culinary artist Cédric Grolet transforms the famous hand-held puzzle into a cube-shaped assortment of 27 individual pastries.

 

Animal Macarons by Melly Eats World

Food artist Melly Eats World takes minimalist French macarons in a whole new direction with her adorable animal versions. Featuring pandas, pigs, monkeys, and cats, if you flip the pastries over you’ll find their tails.

 

Laser-Cut Seaweed by I & S BBDO and Umino Seaweed

In a collaboration between International ad agency I & S BBDO and the Umino Seaweed, the Design Nori collection of laser-cut seaweed comes in five designs. Each features a different motif from Japanese history or symbology.

 

Colored Latte Art by Kangbin Lee

This barista uses latte foam to create what he calls cremart. Kangbin Lee delicately adds a variety of drinkable, colored pigments to the foam to create portraits of Disney characters, flowers, and animals, as well as recreations of famous masterpieces such as Van Gogh‘s Starry Night.

 

Blooming Flower Cakes

Another big trend we noticed this year was floral cakes. Made mostly from sweet buttercream, creations range from spectacular bouquets to minimalist arrangements set atop cakes and cupcakes.

 

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One of the best things about the internet is the vast amounts of knowledge available at your fingertips. You can be a complete novice in a subject, but thanks to e-learning sites and YouTube, you can gain a real understanding of practically anything. For instance, we’ve written about free photo courses and YouTube videos where you can learn to paint at your own pace. But this type of creative instruction doesn’t stop there; we’ve found many great design tutorials that will teach you the fundamentals of visual communication.

Why learn graphic design? The field is about much more than arranging text in an eye-pleasing way. At its core, design is problem-solving. You’ve got to consider the best method for getting your message or objective across in a concise—yet beautiful—way. Elements such as layout, typography, and image usage are a just a few considerations you’ll need to make. Although this seems daunting, having knowledge of the basics can help you create work that’s both easy for your audience to understand and looks great.

So, what are you waiting for? These design resources together have hundreds of tutorials that are free to try.

Want to learn graphic design? These resources offer hundreds of free design tutorials that are helpful without breaking the bank.

GCFLearnFree – If you’re a complete design newbie, this is the place to start. Ranging in topics from typography to color to brand identity, you’ll get acquainted with methodologies and terms used in the graphic design field.

Udemy, Introduction to Graphic Design – Here’s another course for design novices. E-learning site Udemy features 23 minutes of on-demand video that answers some of the most asked questions, including what is—and is not—design. Over the past few years, this course has had over 87,000 students enrolled with a four (out of five) star rating.

Envato Tuts+ – Once you understand the basics of programs like Photoshop and Illustrator, you can try some of the fun tutorials on Envato Tuts+. But if you need a refresher, they have that too. Aside from how-to tutorials, the site offers courses and eBooks that teach you how to design a logo and brand on a budget.

Canva – Canva is a free design program that allows you to easily create beautiful designs and documents. This is super helpful if you don’t own photo editing software like Photoshop. In addition to this valuable app, they also offer many tutorials to aid you in your design.

Creative Pro – Get into the nitty gritty of design (like glyph positioning and baseline shift) in these easy-to-follow articles and tutorials. This resource is best for those with some experience, and it’s a great reference with some graphic design inspiration thrown in.

Alison – Combing elements of science into their courses, Alison offers certificates and diplomas in classes like Design Research and Analysis and Introduction to Design Thinking. If you’re interested in prototyping and UX design, check out Alison.

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British travel photographer Jordan Hammond may only be in his early twenties, but he’s already well on his way toward leaving his mark in the industry. His gorgeous photographs spark an immediate wanderlust in viewers, as they follow along on his journey around the world. With a special emphasis on Asia, his bright, vibrant images are instantly recognizable.

Shockingly, Hammond is relatively new to photography, his creative passion ignited while living and working in China a few years ago. A scroll through his highly followed Instagram will have you jetting from Chiang Mai to Abu Dhabi in an instant, each location captured in vivid detail. In fact, if you are a fan of his candy-coated colors, you can even purchase his set of Lightroom Filters.

Most recently, he and his partner—a frequent subject in his imagery—spent a month traveling through Europe. From the Swiss Alps to Germany’s national parks, the autumnal landscape is breathtaking, proving that Hammond is able to capture the majesty of any country he visits. Read on for our exclusive interview with the young photographer to learn more about what inspires him and what’s next.

What first interested you in travel photography?
I first became interested in travel photography whilst living and working in China. Myself and my partner took every opportunity to explore China on our days off and so I bought a camera and tried to capture China as best I could.

Though your travel brings you many places, you seem especially enamored with Asia. Why is that?
I guess I just feel at home in Asia. I lived in China for a year and my first trip abroad without my parents was a trip through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. I love the visible difference in culture as you travel between Asian countries and of course, the food.

Where did your love of travel come from?
My love for travel definitely came from my Dad, who always told stories of his travels and encouraged me to go and see the world. He came to visit me whilst living in China and we took a two-week trip through Tibetan China which was one of the best trips to date.

As a travel photographer, what do you try to capture in each location where you shoot?
I try to capture the beauty of each place I visit and aim to tell a story through the photos. I love going to remote places that aren’t on the tourist path and portraying the place and the local people in my photos. I always try to use light and color in each location to encourage people to travel more.

What do you hope to convey through your color choices?
I try to capture an almost fairytale atmosphere in my photos and to show that the world is a colorful place. So many people get stuck in the socially-normal routine and forget that there are beautiful things to be seen all around the world. It doesn’t have to be halfway across the world, it can be on your own front door. I hope that my use of color helps to show this. A lot of photographers these days focus on a desaturated, moody look to their photos, so I tried something that would be a little different.

What was your favorite place to shoot? 
My favorite place to shoot has to be around Mt. Fuji in Japan. Fuji is one of those places that you have seen a hundred photos of, but nothing can prepare you for actually being there and seeing just how huge it really is in person. We spent sunrise one morning on the lake of Kawaguchiko, watching the local fishermen boating out on the lake and without another tourist in sight. It made me wonder whether the fishermen realized how incredible their surroundings were.

What’s the next destination on your list and what are you most looking forward to capturing there?
My next destination is Dubai in the New Year. I’ve been to Dubai numerous times as my brother lives out there, but I’m really hoping to capture the low fog and the top of the skyscrapers which only happens a handful of times a year.

What do you find yourself shooting with most often?
It completely depends on where I am, but I am most drawn to shooting light-orientated landscapes. That being said, I also really enjoy shooting cities and street photography is beginning to shape the way I take photos.

Where do you see your photography going in the next 5 years?
I’m hoping to be able to move away from Instagram and start up photography tours, particularly in China. China is such a beautiful, vast and interesting country and it’s a shame to see that many people think only about smog and huge, dirty cities. I’d love to be able to change the perception people have of China.

Any upcoming projects you’d like to share?
I’ll be heading back to China in the Spring next year to begin working on a book which will hopefully open up people’s mindset on traveling to China. Watch this space!

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