Medieval and Renaissance art differ in the way humans were depicted. Medieval art focused less on precision and emphasize in portraying people according to the social status. Medieval art establish hierarchy by illustrating human’s size bigger based on how high they were ranked in society. Medieval art never had real and accurate proportions. Also, Medieval art focused on religion, often times the drawings were of high ranked citizens achieving divine enlightenment. In contrast, the Renaissance period focused on secularism. Renaissance artist drew humans connecting to natural landscapes, the Renaissance era focus on the real world instead of the holy and divine scenes. This artist wanted to capture emotions and feelings, therefore making them
“This shows more recognizable scenes, that are noticeable and less symbolic.” (doc A) Therefore, by creating more detailed and recognizable art, one way the Renaissance has changed man's view of the world truly is art. New religious ideas changed the view
One way paintings demonstrate this is the difference between the Mona Lisa and Madonna Enthroned Between Two Angels. The older painting, Madonna Enthroned Between Two Angles, is unrealistic and has rather depressing dark colors. While the Renaissance painting, the Mona Lisa, is not only much more realistic, but also a lot more cheerful, brighter feel, and became a true masterpiece (Doc A). In the paintings, the fact the Renaissance painting is brighter, more realistic and a famous masterpiece, shows that the Renaissance changed the art style into a unique, amazing representation that changed the entire future of art. The paintings from the Renaissance showed that people saw each other differently than before( Doc A).
The shift in the art style changed the way people viewed reality. This was just because of the art and how it led to people seeing the world differently. The idea that man was capable of great accomplishment inspired many artists to pursue their studies in the arts and humanities. During the Middle Ages, people believed that only God had the power to create. The Renaissance, however, gave credit to artistic creativity and achievement.
In the time of the Middle Ages, they focused on the religious value of art, “The [clearest] evidence of the break with medieval culture comes from the visual arts.” (DocA) a popular painting of this time by Duccio Di Bouninsegna’s shows The Mother Mary with the baby Jesus on her lap. This painting was two-dimensional and had very little creativity, the painting mostly didn’t make people feel anything only had religious value. While during the Renaissance they focused on making you feel stronger feelings “[It] was the essence of the Renaissance .... One begins to know the names of the artists ... feel stronger emotions in the subjects ... ... see well-defined landscapes, natural folds in drapery, and three-dimensional figures” (Doc A).
Art reached new heights during the Renaissance. Many new techniques and styles emerged such as perspective, chiaroscuro, and sfumato. Before the Renaissance, artists focused primarily on religious scenes and Gothic art. During the Renaissance, artists began to focus more on realism and human qualities. Renaissance artists also began to lean towards Roman and Greek styles/ideas for inspiration.
Humanism also played a part in the arts, since most art was influenced by the art of the Greeks and Romans. Artists wanted to revive the techniques and styles from those cultures. You can also see the difference between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in artwork. In Leonardo Da’ Vinci’s 1490 painting The Vitruvian Man he depicts a sketch like picture of the male anatomy in motion. (Document 6)
The Renaissance and Baroque are both iconic periods of time revealed to the world, where both established different concepts based on architecture, interior and furnishing and known for their artistry, literature and music, Which lead to the construction of unique magnificent artistic styles that inspired the people and the other continents as well. According to architecture and interiors in the periods of renaissance and baroque, the artistic style differs from one other in various ways. The Renaissance it was the period of rebirth from the 14th to the 17th century, known as the relationship between the middle ages and modern history.
The Renaissance was a period in time where everything started to change after the middle ages. During this historical period humans stared evolving by becoming smarter and inventing useful recourses that have changed the world. The renaissance was a life changing period which brought more joy to the world after conquering the dark ages. The Renaissance changed man’s view on the world by using Art, Science and Literature to make humans brighter and because of the rapid information they were gaining. Art during the Renaissance grew rapidly because of Leonardo Da Vici, and Michelangelo who changed the way people painted and drew by creating strategies which made art more interesting.
The Renaissance was a rebirth of literature and arts in Europe from the 1300s to the 1700s. This was after the Black Death had spread and made a decline in art and about two thirds of Europe’s population. It was the period of history after the Crusades and the Middle Ages. Education, history, art, science, popular imagination, and culture influenced the Renaissance. There were changes in thinking during the Renaissance.
The Renaissance art gave way to a shift and man no longer wanted to focus solely on religion but also how unique they were as
Realism If the Renaissance did not accurately portray real life, then Realism certainly did. Realist artists derived their inspiration from real life. However, it was not the real lives of the wealthy and well-to-do families but the lives of real, middle to low class people that these artists cared to paint. Poorer people were not portrayed as miserable but as dignified, respectable people with as much dignity as the wealthy.
During the Renaissance in Italy, art practices were focused on proportion, perspective and artists paid significant detail to the human anatomy. In addition, art practices during the Italian Renaissance were heavily influenced by wealth. On the other hand, art practices during the Renaissance in Northern Europe focused on society and everyday life. The Protestant Reformation greatly impacted the direction behind art practices during the Renaissance in Northern Europe.
The Renaissance has made a lot of cultural contributions that changed our world. One cultural contribution that the Renaissance created was the new types for artwork. During the Renaissance, most of the artwork was about humanism, which means that most of the artwork focused on humans. For example, Michelangelo, a famous sculptor, created many different sculptures the involved humans and one of his most famous sculptures was Pietà which shows a sculpture of a limp man sitting on a female who is supporting his back with her right hand (Doc A). Another example of artwork that focused on humanism during the Renaissance
Art during the renaissance During the Renaissance, there was a lot of artworks and creations. The art varied from paintings to sculptures. some of the famous artists during this time were Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello. These artists have created amazing works and have more than likely inspired many artists around the world today. These artists have created a huge impact on the importance of art along with giving more of a historic background.
The renaissance was a time of many different improvements and changes to the era previous to it, the medieval ages, the renaissance re-introduced many different Roman and Greek traditional aspects, so much so that renaissance literally translates into “rebirth” in French. Other changes include social such as the rise of humanism and humanist beliefs, secularism, individualism, big changes in mathematical studies, sciences and all types of learning in general, the printing press invention, as well as religious changes, and the arts were also affected and changed with techniques such as chiaro-scuro, perspective, sfumato, and further more to be explained. The renaissance started in the end of the 14th century and ended in the 17th century. In