Next week our subject will be generally based on ‘Illuminated Manuscripts’ and the most important issue about them is, they are the best surviving specimens of medieval painting. So ı decided to research medieval art but the concept, medieval art, is too wide to investigate fully so ı focused on ‘Gothic Art’.
In mid 12th century, during Medieval art, a new art movement is formed; Gothic Art. French art authorities were out of Romanesque art and therefore Gothic styled art became popular in all around Europe at no time. Gothic art preserved its dominancy till Reaissance.
The most signifigant pieces of Gothic art is done by using the technique oil painting, specially dark colors. Dark colors represents the transition from dark ages to civilization. Gothic art contains extreme forms of naturalism as well. Christianity was also on a rise, so artists took extra time to paint giant cathedral and church walls. Gothic art usually represent religious master pieces and its architecture was specialized on arches stained glasses and illuminated scripts.