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'''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: 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.
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.
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Symbolism was a huge part of the Middle Ages paintings, and that means that many of the paintings represent something that was largely valued at the time. [http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/middle-ages-painting-styles.html]
Symbolism was a huge part of the Middle Ages paintings, and that means that many of the paintings represent something that was largely valued at the time. [http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/middle-ages-painting-styles.html]
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In the Medieval painting ''it was the [[Byzantines]] who determined how to depict human figures... the driving concern of the Byzantine style is the awe-inspiring presentation of holy figures, and to this end they are portrayed in hieratic (stiff and formal) postures, halo-crowned and serene of expression''. [http://essentialhumanities.net/paint3.html] The Byzantine Style of painting is usually characterized by a lack of background, or a very limited background. The figures are flat, lacking depth, or a sense of volume. Icons were objects of devotion, regarded as possessing divine power. [http://www.dl.ket.org/humanities/gallery/icon.fwx]
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[[File:Byzantine Icon.jpg|thumb|center|340px|The Crucifixion, 14th century, from the Church of the Virgin Mary on the island of Lindos.]]
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== See also ==
== See also ==