Essay About Rennaisance Paintings And Following Essay

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Comparing Medieval and
Rennaisance Paintings
In the following essay I shall compare and contrast
paintings from the medieval and renaissance period.
Medieval paintings were very realistic and precise.
The king in the painting is in the middle, and
anything painted in the middle is the center of
attraction or the important object in the painting. To
prove this theory, I looked at the painting and the
first thing that caught my eye is the king. The
human body is not too detailed but the actions they
are doing or intend to do are very clear. The painter
created visual space in this painting in a very witty
way; he painted pillars and ceiling ornaments, which
is an indication of height and space. I think it is a
very successful method because the person who is
looking at the painting has space to look around.
The painting in my opinion is more realistic than
naturalistic because I think he attended the
ceremony and then painted what he remembered.
In the following paragraph I shall briefly describe
the renaissance painting. This painting is based on
the story of a poor man who couldnt pay his
taxes. Then Jesus told him to go to a certain place
where he should cut open a fish and there he shall
find a silver coin to pay his taxes with. He did so
and paid his taxes. On the left of the painting you
can see the barrel of fish, one of the fish is where
he got the silver coin. In the middle Jesus is
explaining the situation to the people. Masaccio
always painted the most important things in the
middle. On the right the man is paying his taxes.
There are many things that the two paintings had in
common some of the reasons are: It is similar in the
layout, A good example would be the objects in the
middle. Jesus and