Luis Rodríguez González`s art blog: Middle Ages Painting

Painting in the Middle Ages

During the middle ages, painting had a very big impact in the society, because, as it was related to religion , painting was not underrated.

The middle ages divide in 3 main eras:

Early middle ages: centuries V-X. Started after the fall of Rome. military governments were established in most of Europe, with loads of wars to take the power of a region.
High middle ages: centuries XI-XIII. Started when the crusades started. crusades took over the military and political landscape of the era, also affecting economics of the kingdoms.
Late middle ages: centuries XIV-XV. Starting with the great famine. great plagues killed Europe`s population, leaving reduced kingdoms and cities to ashes. it was a difficult time.

Art in the middle ages wasn't very variated in the terms of topics, the main topics were: religion, war and history along with myths and legends.

Here are some of my favourite art works from each period of the middle ages:

Early Middle Ages:

Name: The coronation Gospels
Author: Probably Greek artist.
When it was painted: Century VIII.
Why it was painted: For a book of gospels.
Where it was painted: In the Byzantine empire
Why I like it: Because it has lots of details compared to other paintings of the era.

High Middle Ages:

Author: French codex writer
When it was painted: 1110 A.D.
Why it was painted: For a page of a french codex
Where it was painted: In France
Why I like it: Because of the mix of the literature , mythology and painting, which creates an interesting picture.

Late Middle Ages:

Name: Reconstruction of the temple of jerusalem
Author: Guillame de tyre
When it was painted: Century XV
Why it was painted: For the use of a church.
Where it was painted: Tyre
Why I like it: Because of the resemblance of the last period of middle ages and it looks more like from the renaissance. Also is very detailed.