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Renaissance Art Changing Ideas
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein • Look at the painting on your desk with your
partner and answer these questions 1. What purpose does this painting serve? 2. What can we learn about the society in which this
was painted? 3. How realistic is this painting? 4. What design elements do you notice in the
painting? 5. What can this painting tell us about how ideas were
changing in Europe?
http://The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein/
In your notebook copy down this chart: LEAVE plenty of room for notes!
Medieval Art
Medieval Architecture
Medieval Literature
What do we know about Medieval Art from this painting?
Medieval Art
What do we know about Medieval Art from this painting?
What do we know about Medieval Art from this painting?
Medieval Art -Halo’s -Religious Art -Larger people mean they are more significant -No landscape in the background - Proportions of people are off
Medieval Architecture
Medieval Literature
Notre Dame
Medieval sculpture- Notre Dame
Medieval Art -Halo’s -Religious Art -Larger people mean they are more significant -No landscape in the background - Proportions of people are off
Medieval Architecture -Flying Buttress -Gothic -Windows -Sculptures were “cookie cutter” all looked the same
Medieval Literature
• Beowulf is an Old English epic poem. It is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature.
• It was written in England some time between the 8th[3][4] and the early 11th century.
• The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet.
• The Canterbury Tales consists of the stories related by the 29 pilgrims on their way to Saint Thomas Becket’s shrine in Canterbury. Harry Bailey, the Host, had proposed a scheme in the General Prologue whereby each pilgrim was to narrate two tales on the way to Canterbury and two more while returning.
Medieval Art -Halo’s -Religious Art -Larger people mean they are more significant -No landscape in the background - Proportions of people are off
Medieval Architecture -Flying Buttress -Gothic -Windows -Sculptures were “cookie cutter” all looked the same
Medieval Literature -Long epic poems -Latin -Illuminations -Religious
Renaissance Art, Architecture, and Literature
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
• Mathematics applied to art – Proportions – Perspective
• Revival of mythological characters (Greek and Roman Gods)
• Architecture from Greece and Rome used in the painting
• Landscape
MADONNA OF CHANCELLOR ROLIN - VAN EYCK (PARIS, FRANCE @ LOUVRE)
video clip
Linear perspective
Linear perspective
Linear perspective
Characteristics of Renaissance Architecture
• Domes • Columns • Greek and Roman Sculptures • Different stance (fluidity and
motion) • More human • Beautiful human form
David – Donatello
The dome of Florence Cathedral (the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) – Brunelleschi
Characteristics of Renaissance Literature
• Less religious • Written in
common language
• Printing Press made literature more available
Writing Assignment
• Answer the following question: – Which type of European art was more religious,
Renaissance or Medieval art? Why?
– Remember: • UNDERLINE YOUR STANCE • HIGHLIGHT YOUR 2 PIECES OF EVIDENCE!!!