Medieval Art Subjects Religious and holy figures Themes Religious Style Unrealistic Lacking depth Lacking background Technique Two dimensional.
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Medieval Art Subjects
Religious and holy figures Themes
Religious Style
UnrealisticLacking depthLacking background
TechniqueTwo dimensional
• Subjects• Religious • Secular
• Themes• Individualism• Classicalism • Humanism
• Technique• Perspective • Shading (chiaroscuro)• Oil painting
• Style• Realistic • Background and depth
Northern Renaissance Art Emphasized Christian humanist themesInterest in landscapes, middle and peasant
classPioneered oil painting
Albrecht Dürer Artist from Nuremburg Famous for woodcuts
and copper engravingsInfluenced by Venetian
artists and humanism
Van Eyck Brothers Flemish painters (Jan
and Hubert) who used great detail; especially in human facial expressions
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