【西洋人文肖像藝術系列 #1】The Humanistic Spirits in Portraiture #1. The 14-16th Century: Renaissance

14至16世紀歐洲人文主義(Humanities)興起及文藝復興(Renaissance)，促進具有個人特質的肖像畫大量出現。

Mona Lisa, ca. 1503–19, Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, The Louvre

如文藝復興大師達文西(Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519)《蒙娜麗莎(Mona Lisa, ca. 1503–19)》的盎然生氣與愉悅快樂、拉菲爾(Raphael, 1483-1520)筆下人文學者《巴達薩利‧卡司蒂歐內(Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione)》的優雅沉穩、以及堤香(Titian, active about 1506; died 1576)《英國青年(Portrait of a Young English Man, ca. 1545)》的熱切專注，精湛呈現人物內在精神，畫中人物彷彿具有生命。

Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, Raphael (1483-1520), The Louvre

Portrait of a Young English Man, ca. 1545, Titian (active about 1506; died 1576), Palazzo Pitti, Florence