The document summarizes key aspects of art during the Early Renaissance period in 15th-16th century Italy. It discusses Neoplatonic philosophical influences that viewed truth, goodness and beauty as existing in the divine mind. Mortals could glimpse these through learning, observation, creativity, scientific knowledge, good deeds, love, nature, and great works of art. It provides examples of major artists from the period like Masaccio, Gentile da Fabriano, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca, Paolo Uccello, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Mantegna, and Signorelli. Their works explored new techniques like linear perspective to represent truth and depict religious subjects in a more