Early Renaissance paintings depicting religious themes differed from paintings created during the Middle Ages since they featured more realism and emotion. Option A is correct.
Italian Renaissance painting refers to the painting of the period which began in the late 13th century and flourished from the early 15th to late 16th centuries.
Italian Renaissance painting is divided into the following periods: the Proto-Renaissance (1300–1425), the Early Renaissance (1425–1495), the High Renaissance (1495–1520), and Mannerism (1520–1600).