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What was Leonardo da Vinci most important contribution to the western art?

He introduced the idea of scientific observation. (APEX) ^.^


What impact did greek and roman architecture have on western architecture?

Renaissance architecture (14th and 15th centuries), Baroque architecture (16 & 17th centuries) and Neoclassical architecture (18th and 19th centuries) were modeled on Roman architecture.


What ended the Renaissance?

In a broad sense the Renaissance didn't end, it spread across western Europe and fed into a succession of artistic and intellectual phenomena. But central & northern Italy's loss of cultural leadership after the 15th century doubtless owes much to the upheavals and economic downturn following the French invasion of 1494 and the subsequent 65 years of intermittent Valois-Habsburg war, as well as to the shift of economic, cultural & political primacy to north-western Europe following the discovery of the Americas, the Reformation and the rise of national states.


Most important Italian art center?

During the renaissance it would have to be Firenze (Florence). The wealthy Medici family of merchants were great patrons of the arts sponsoring some of the greatest figures in western art such as Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Raphael.


Who created the Statue of David and Pieta?

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. wo of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, were sculpted before he turned thirty.