How were Renaissance ideals reflected in the arts?During the Italian Renaissance.

The Renaissance was a period where the ideas of
humanism became important.  Humanism was an intellectual movement
during the Renaissance that emphasized classical learning and human potential and
achievements.  This Renaissance thinking was reflected in the art of the period.
Renaissance art became much more realistic, using a technique called perspective, giving
paintings a three dimensional appearance as opposed to the two dimensional artwork from
earlier times.  Perspective used parallel lines that ran away from the viewer until they
appear to meet at a point on the horizon.  Drawing people larger in the foreground also
made art appear three dimensional.  As in Medieval times, religion was still an
important topic for Renaissance artists, but instead of conveying a spiritual ideal as
Medieval artists did, Renaissance artists portrayed religious subjects as realistic and
human, copying from classical Greek and Roman models.  The Renaissance also emphasized
individual human achievement and this too was reflected in the art of the period. 
Renaissance artists painted realistic portraits that emphasized what was distinctive
about each individual.  Because the Renaissance ideals emphasized the individual and the
potential of the human person, artists such as Michelangelo glorified the human
body.