Answer:
In the Middle Ages, most paintings depict religious subjects, when in the Renaissance, artists had several subjects to portrait.
Step-by-step explanation:
Comparing a Madonna painting from the 13th or 14th century, we can see that the artists had just the religious themes to portrait. This is because art in the Middle Ages had the role to taught and be a visual guide to the population, once they didn't know read. In the Renaissance, and the attempt to connect the values of the Ancient World (Greece and Rome), the artists began to create art with several subjects such as ordinary people and landscapes, praising for the stylistic realism.