Influences on renaissance art.

... Influences on renaissance art Classical art, Christian religion and Humanism, as well as many other things such as new techniques, money and patrons, and gothic styles, northern European styles and Byzantine styles, heavily influenced the renaissance. Classical art, religion and humanism are similar in their influence upon renaissance art. In the early 13th Century, the Franciscan friars began a process of bringing Christ's message to the urban poor, by living a life of poverty themselves. This intense identification with Christ and with the human side of Christ led to a new theme in art - Christ's suffering was portrayed instead of his 'triumph'. Nicola Pisano's carving of an elaborate marble pulpit for the Baptisery in Pisa is one of the earliest examples of religion and Roman ideas coming together in the middle ages. The Virgin in the 'Adoration of the Magi' is heavy and statuesque, with a straight Roman nose and impassive

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