Renaissance painters were influenced by a shading technique known as chiaroscuro, first introduced by which of the following?
a byzantine painter
an islamic painter
a greek painter
a spanish painter

The correct answer is A Greek painter

There are evidences that Greak and Roman artists used the chiaroscuro technique. Reviving ancient Greco-Roman culture the idea of humanism was undoubtedly the engine of this movement and became the very spirit of the Renaissance. It is a deliberate return, which proposed the resurrection of the past, now considered as a source of inspiration and model of civilization.  

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