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Which Renaissance painter is famous for the use of foreshortening, the visual effect or optical illusion used to make an object or distance appear shorter than it actually?

   Raphael
   Michelangelo
   Leonardo da Vinci
   Melozzo da Forlì

Your answer was: Leonardo da Vinci.


Answer: Melozzo da Forlì's fresco paintings are notable for the use of foreshortening, the visual effect or optical illusion used to make an object or distance appear shorter than it actually is because it is angled toward the viewer.

See:
Katia Amore, Italian Art: Melozzo da Forlì's Musician Angel Italy Magazine, 11/23/2014
James C. Hamilton, Musical Angels by Melozzo da Forli Vatican Notes, Volume 68, Issue 385, 2020, Pages 08-09



Musical Angles
Painted by Melozzo da Forlì
Scott # 1075-1080 (1998)


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