” The saying “A picture is worth athousand words,” sounds unrealistic, but in fact it makes a lot of sense. When researching a certain time period artis a great way to understand what was going on at the time the piece wasproduced. Artistsof the medieval era expressed what were going on in their lives more thenanything. There paintings were verymuch alike. Madonna and throne was themost popular thing to paint. They werevery dark and uneventful, because …showed first 75 words of 300 total…

…showed last 75 words of 300 total…more realistic. The paintings took place in people’s houses, in the street, andin fields. All around people lookedmuch happier then when the same people were painted during the medieval era. Art is created by the artist’s feelings and surroundings;it is a reflection on culture and lifestyles. That is why historians rely on not only records of the towns, cities,countries, etc they rely on paintings to tell about how the people werefeeling.