I could pick one single painting that might cover this large scale of ideas that covered not only painting and sculpture, but science and design... but I can't.

One area during the this high period of expression can still be seen living and breathing in the shape of nature itself. It is the Renaissance Garden.

The Renaissance worked hand and hand when it came to the power and energy of nature and I think it is best expressed in the gardens they created that are still alive today, with Italy being the birth place for these living paintings of nature.

By taking the newly learned skills of mathematics and geometry, they created works of art that seem to overpower nature, shaping it into an ideal for the human eye. Creating a power over nature on a larger scale.

By taking older classical ideas, they were able use science to take the power and energy of nature and display it for all to see.
Source(s):
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fruit_garden/109209
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/garf/hd_garf.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAL/is_521_162/ai_n14919532/

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