Art History Europe

• 500-1300 c.e.
• most art was religious (jesus, saints, people from Bible, etc.)
• important figures were larger than others around them
• little or no sense of movement; figures were stiff
• most figures were fully dressed
• painted figures were two-dimensional or flat
• paints were brightly colored
• backgrounds were mostly one solid color, usually gold

• 1300s - early 1600s (c.e.)
• were religious and nonreligious scenes
• art showed a great interest in nature
• figures: lifelike & three-dimensional
• art reflected an increased knowledge of anatomy
• bodies were "moving" and looked active
• figures could be nude or clothed
• there were scenes of people doing everyday things
• paintings often symmetrical
• full backgrounds show perspective

Renaissance artists were more inspired by classical art. Renaissance artists were like classical artists; they sometimes depicted nonreligious scenes. They tried to show lifelike people doing everyday things. They tried to capture images from the "real" world.