Discuss the significance of drawing as an art medium during the Renaissance.

Giorgio
Vasari, a famous Renaissance painter and art historian from Florence, considered drawing
"the father of all fine art." According to Vasari, drawing was the foundation of an
artist's work because it encompassed both design and expression.

Many
drawings executed during the Renaissance were preliminary sketches of other types of artistic
works such as paintings, sculptures, buildings, mosaics, tapestries, and stained glass. However,
artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci helped to transition drawing into an
autonomous independent artistic activity.

Renaissance artists usually drew on
canvas, tinted paper, linen, and vellum, which is the treated skin of calves, goats, or pigs. To
compose, they used styluses, metalpoint, charcoal, chalk, and quill or reed pens with
ink.

Some of the Renaissance artists who created famous drawings included
Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. For instance, Botticelli drew
Abundance or Autumn on pink-tinted paper using pen...

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