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