They featured more realism and emotion.
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
SIZE
Size They were done on a smaller scale
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
They featured more realism and emotion
they featured more realism and emotion
they featured more realism and emotion
SIZE
Size They were done on a smaller scale
Size They were done on a smaller scale
Early Renaissance paintings depicted religious themes with a greater emphasis on realism, human emotion, and the natural world, reflecting a shift towards humanism. Artists began to use techniques such as linear perspective and chiaroscuro to create depth and dimension, resulting in more lifelike figures. In contrast, Middle Ages paintings often featured flat, stylized figures and a lack of perspective, focusing more on conveying spiritual messages than realistic representation. This shift marked a significant evolution in artistic approach and the portrayal of sacred subjects.
perspective instead of only two dimensional
Northern Renaissance versus Italian Renaissance Italian Renaissance's main medium were Frescos. In Northern Europe, they used oil. (See DaVinci's "The Last Supper" and Jan Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Wedding") During the Reformation and Counter Reformation, Italian painters made Catholic Church commissioned paintings. In the North, the paintings had far more secular subjects, and they had darker religious themes (if indeed the subject were religious). See artists/architects: Italian Renaissance Artists: Giotto, Donatello, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Boticelli, DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Palladio, Caravaggio, Gentileschi*, Bernini* Non-Italian Renaissance Artists: Limbourg Brothers, Christine de Pizan, Campin, Van der Weyden, Durer, Grunewald, Bosch, Bruegel, Rubens*, Rembrant*, Vermeer* * indicates a post Renaissance theme (Mannarism, Baroque, etc)