In the Middle Ages, art evolves as humans continue addressing the traditional and the new, including Biblical subjects, Christian dogma, and Classical mythology. during the middle ages, we had the renaissance period which was best known for its art as this was the age of geniuses as Leonardo da Vinci, Petrarch, Dante, and Michelangelo. Art of the Renaissance era utilized more realistic representations than art from the Middle Ages. For example, the human body was painted in a realistic manner, often with backdrops of nature.