Giovanni di Paolo' Art: Transitioning from Medieval to Renaissance

The artistic style is always changing. By the way, most famous artists are often experts of a particular art style. Each art period is influenced by the previous period and forms ambiguous lines at the beginning and end of the period. Artists working during two different periods have created an amazing blend of two styles. One of the artists, Giovanni di Paolo, was influenced by the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The art style of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance were completely different, but Paolo created his own style to blend the two.

The painters of Siena in the 15th century kept working in the style of the last century. Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) traces the footprints of Lorenzetti and explores the techniques of landscape and interior design painting. Giovanni di Paolo has created a painting of the saint's life, including a scene featuring St. Catherine of Siena, one of the most important religious figures in the city. In the 16th century, some Siena artists led the town's painting tradition to a new direction. The most important is Domenico Beccafumi. He tested the extreme distortion of the human form in the style tradition. In his "Melancholy of the Rebellious Angels" (1524 and 1528), the characters of the long legs expressed strong emotions in nervousness.

Florence was the birthplace of the High Renaissance art that lasted from 1450 to 1527. The medieval art focuses on the basic story of the Bible, but the art of the Renaissance focuses on naturalism and human emotions. Medieval art is abstract, mainly formulated by monks, but the Renaissance art is rational, mathematical, unique, composed of a linear view and shadow (Chiaroscuro) Michelangelo and Raphael . Religion is very important, but with the arrival of this new era, the humanization of religious figures in art, such as the Garden of Eden, Ecce Homo (Bosch, 1470s), expulsion from Madonna della Seggio, began. It is reflected in humans, which is reflected in art. As people study the ancient masters of the ancient Greek and Roman world, the Renaissance symbolizes the resurgence of classical values ​​in art and society, and art will focus on realism, not idealism.