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End of Europe's Middle Ages - Visual Arts (1456 words) |
 | In France, the Late, or Flamboyant phase of Gothic architecture began in the late thirteenth century and is characterised by a profusion of ornamentation, the aim of the architect being to disguise and camouflage structural supports. |
| Franciscans and, in the early fourteenth century, Santa Croce in Florence was built in a style that signified the marriage of Gothic architecture and Franciscan simplicity. |
| Incorporating numerous architectural elements, Brunelleschi was able to achieve a unified whole through a strict application of the rational mathematical proportions he had observed in ancient architecture. |
| Renaissance Art and Architecture (6146 words) |
| Northern painters, especially those from Flanders and the Netherlands, were as advanced as the Italians in landscape painting and contributed to the innovations of their southern contemporaries by introducing oil paint as a new medium. |
| Architectural forms seemed to be virtually unaffected by the Renaissance. |
| In architecture, a fully Renaissance structure was not built until late in the century. |
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