Rennaisance art used perception, a very new concept for artists of the time, and had a noticeable vanishing point while Medieval art did not. Also, many Renaissance artists preferred to paint frescoes, and used oil based colours.
Medieval art was mostly religious and concerned with conveying Christian beliefs and values. Renaissance art was less focused on religion and more focused on the daily life of people. The style of...
Renaissance art was the rebirth of art, the began to use new techniques such as frescoes and closer study of the human anatomy. This way the art looked more realistic.
Italian painters emphasized the beauty of the human body. They wanted to show the ideal human form and face. Leonardo and Raphael created beautiful Madonnas, athletic figures that seem to spring to...
in medieval art, it wasn't very well proportioned, didn't use the golden mean, and didn't have a lot of blending/ shading. mostly dealt in religious (Christian) subject matter. pagan (Roman/Greek)...