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MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ART AND ARCHITECTURE. THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA. MEDIEVAL ART. SUBJECTS WERE USUALLY RELIGIOUS ARTISTS FUNDED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY EITHER THE CHURCH OR WEALTHY KINGS. KINGS USUALLY SPONSORED RELIGIOUS ART TO BRING THE CHURCH’S BLESSINGS ON THEIR COUNTRIES.
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MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ART AND ARCHITECTURE THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA
MEDIEVAL ART • SUBJECTS WERE USUALLY RELIGIOUS • ARTISTS FUNDED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY EITHER THE CHURCH OR WEALTHY KINGS. KINGS USUALLY SPONSORED RELIGIOUS ART TO BRING THE CHURCH’S BLESSINGS ON THEIR COUNTRIES.
RENAISSANCE ART • SUBJECTS OFTEN INCLUDED RELIGIOUS AND NON-RELIGIOUS THEMES. • ARTISTS FUNDED BY PATRONS, INCLUDING BOTH THE POPE AND SECULAR LEADERS.
MORE CHARACTERISTICS • COLORS AND ANATOMY MUCH MORE REALISTIC. • PERSPECTIVE EMERGES
ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE • COLUMNS USED TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE ROOF • ARCHES ARE ROUND --- NOT POINTED • NO ROSE WINDOWS
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE • GOTHIC OR FLYING BUTTRESSES USED TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE ROOF. FEWER COLUMNS. • POINTED ARCHES
MORE CHARACTERISTICS • LATER GOTHIC MARKED BY BAROQUE DETAIL AND DECORATION • ROSE WINDOWS