The Art Differences between Mediecal and Renaissance
Michelangelo's painting of The Holy Family with the infant St. John the Baptist catches my eye more so than Jan van Eyck's Madonna in the Church. These two paintings differ in many aspects because they come from two different periods of time. Renaissance paintings were often of great leaders or people of great importance, whereas Medieval paintings were mainly tied in with the Church or religion. Paintings in the Medieval years use less vivid colors than paintings in the Rennaisance. Eyck's painting looks as though a mixture of four or five dark colors were used, whereas Michelangelo uses a variety of strong, bright colors. Michelangelo's painting also takes on a three-dimensional effect, where you can
"The main tone of the arts in Renaissance Italy was to take satisfaction in beauty, to present the world as desirable, to be clear-cut, lucid, and finite", as Michelangelo clearly did in his painting of The Holy Family. The Medieval Ages on the contrary, had a different outlook on art. Beauty was expresses in different ways and the world was less desirable and seemed almost murky or gloomy. Eyck shows these tones in his painting of the Madonna in the Church. tell that there is depth in the picture as Eyck's painting does not have the same dimensional effect. Michelangelo uses this dimensional effect to make the painting more realistic to help the viewer feel as though they were inside the picture. He uses a great deal of scenery, su
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