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and locality. Most commonly prehistoric sculptors used mammoth bone and ivory in their carving (note: ivory encompasses any animal tooth or tusk), as well as the more perishable wood. In addition to bone and wood, artists also sculpted in stone, especially softer varieties like limestone, steatite and sandstone, as well as harder varieties like quartzite and serpentine. Clay and terracotta were also widely used in Stone Age figurines. During the later Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, as tools became stronger, Stone Age sculptors began carving with marble, limestone, porphyry, and granite. More rarely, they used precious materials such as silver, gold and jade, and began casting with bronze, pewter and zinc.
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Cimabue (c.1240-1302) Noted for his frescos at Assisi. Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) Scrovegni Arena Chapel frescos. Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427) International Gothic style painter. Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) Sculptor of "Gates of Paradise" Donatello (1386-1466) Best early Renaissance sculptor Paolo Uccello (1397-1475) Famous for work on perspective. Tommaso Masaccio (1401-1428) Greatest early Florentine painter. Piero della Francesca (1420-92) Pioneer of linear perspective. Andrea Mantegna (1430-1506) Noted for illusionistic foreshortening techniques. Donato Bramante (1444-1514) Top High Renaissance architect. Alessandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Famous for mythological painting. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Creator of Mona Lisa, Last Supper. Raphael (1483-1520) Greatest High Renaissance painter. Michelangelo (1475-1564) Genius painter & sculptor. Titian (1477-1576) Greatest Venetian colourist. Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Leader of High Renaissance in Florence. Correggio (1489-1534) Famous for illusionistic quadratura frescoes. Tintoretto (1518-1594) Religious Mannerist painter. Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) Colourist follower of Titian. General List of Renaissance Painters & Sculptors ITALY & SPAIN c.1280-1400 - Proto-Renaissance Artists c.1400-1490 - Early Renaissance Artists c.1490-1530 - High Renaissance Artists c.1530-1600 - Mannerist Artists NORTHERN EUROPE c.1400-1600 - Northern Renaissance Artists. SCULPTORS c.1400-1600 - Renaissance Sculptors.