| | '''Middle Ages Painting''' is also known as the Medieval [[painting ]]. After the Roman Empire collapsed, Europe's greatest inheritance was the Roman-Christian tradition, which was heavily infused with classical ideas and Christian artistic styles. | | '''Middle Ages Painting''' is also known as the Medieval [[painting ]]. After the Roman Empire collapsed, Europe's greatest inheritance was the Roman-Christian tradition, which was heavily infused with classical ideas and Christian artistic styles. |
| − | During the Middle Ages the Roman [[Catholic Church]] and The [[Orthodox Church]] supported the production of sacred [[art]]. Most of this artworks, made in monasteries, were found in the form of illustrated manuscripts. During the Romanesque time from 800-1100 A.D., painting continued as illustrated manuscripts and extended to mural painting in churches. [http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/middle_ages_art.htm] [[Italy]] became the cultural center of the Western world from the 13th to the 16th century with artists like: [[Giotto di Bondone]], [[Duccio di Buoninsegna]], [[Fra Angelico]], and [[Piero della Francesca]]. At the end of Middle Ages Hans Holbein the Elder, (ca. 1465 - 1524) and his son [[Hans Holbein the Younger]] (1497 - 1543), created outstanding examples of German painting. | + | During the Middle Ages the Roman [[Catholic Church]] and The [[Orthodox Church]] supported the production of sacred [[art]]. Most of this artworks, made in monasteries, were found in the form of illustrated manuscripts. During the Romanesque time from 800-1100 A.D., painting continued as illustrated manuscripts and extended to mural painting in churches. [http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/ma/middle_ages_art.htm] [[Italy]] became the cultural center of the Western world from the 13th to the 16th century with artists like: Giovanni Cimabue (Italo-Byzantine style), [[Giotto di Bondone]], [[Duccio di Buoninsegna]], [[Fra Angelico]], and [[Piero della Francesca]]. At the end of Middle Ages Hans Holbein the Elder, (ca. 1465 - 1524) and his son [[Hans Holbein the Younger]] (1497 - 1543), created outstanding examples of German painting. |
| | European artists painted in a way that emphasized religious images and symbolism rather than realism. Most paintings depicted scenes holy figures and people important in the [[Christian]] religion. Even the most talented painters paid little attention to making humans and animals look lifelike, creating natural looking landscapes, or creating a sense of depth and space in their paintings. [http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/PaintingBeforetheRen.html] | | European artists painted in a way that emphasized religious images and symbolism rather than realism. Most paintings depicted scenes holy figures and people important in the [[Christian]] religion. Even the most talented painters paid little attention to making humans and animals look lifelike, creating natural looking landscapes, or creating a sense of depth and space in their paintings. [http://legacy.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/PaintingBeforetheRen.html] |