Comparing Ghiberti, Donatello And Giotto Di Bondone

You've probably heard of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Raphael. They are famous painters from the renaissance, with paintings so incredible that they are still known today. Lorenzo Ghiberti, Donatello, and Giotto di Bondone were amazing artists from the medieval time period. They have many differences, but they also have their similarities. Their differences are things such as the types of art, the purpose for art, and the characteristics of art. The similarities are topics such as, Art types, characteristics, and materials. Let's get into more details about the two. Now, you, as the reader, might have come to believe that since renaissance art and medieval art come from two different types of time periods, they have no similarities. You would be shocked to hear that you are wrong. Medieval and renaissance art has many similarities. One similarity that the
One difference is the types of art that they have. The medieval art is 2-dimensional painting which means that It didn't show lifelike features. Renaissance art, on the other hand, showed perspective and made people, places, and things, seem lifelike. Another difference for the type of art was that in the medieval art, the background colors mostly showed the colors gold and blue. Renaissance art didn't focus on specific colors but depth. Another difference between medieval and renaissance art was the characteristics of art. In medieval art, the figures were showed in 2-D, while renaissance figures were shown in 3-D. The last difference is the reason or purpose for art. During the medieval times art was used to show religion, but the renaissance art was used to show the importance in not only religion, but nature and people. Also, in medieval art people would look stiff with no movement, for renaissance art showed people and objects in motion. See, there are many differences, not just