They featured more realism and emotion
They featured more realism and emotion
They featured more realism and emotion
they featured more realism and emotion
they featured more realism and emotion
religious themes
religious themes
Renaissance paintings show figures in earthly settings; figures in medieval paintings have heavenly gold backgrounds.
they featured more realism and emotion
They featured more realism and emotion.
Hundreds of artists have painted scenes from the Bible with John the Baptist, or paintings depicting him only. This has gone on at least from the 5th century. If you want to know about a specific painting, you have to give more details.
The paintings of the Renaissance are less likely to emphasize everyday people and ordinary subjects. The subject matter is usually religious or along the lines of a grand theme.
The church supported the arts by encouraging religious paintings.