Medieval Art v. Italian Medieval Art v. Italian Renaissance ArtRenaissance Art

Medieval Art Medieval Art

• Earliest was sculpture• Very religious-

oriented• Showed fate of

sinners • Righteous went to

Heaven• Romanesque then

Gothic style

Illuminated ManuscriptsIlluminated Manuscripts

• A manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations

• Usually has silver or gold

French Book of Hours, circa 1400

Gothic ArchitectureGothic Architecture

1. 1. Realism & Realism & ExpressionExpression

Expulsion Expulsion fromfromthe Gardenthe Garden

MasaccioMasaccio

14271427

First nudes First nudes sincesinceclassical classical timestimes..

2. Perspective2. Perspective

Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!

Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!

First use First use of linear of linear

perspective!perspective!

Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!Perspective!

The The TrinityTrinity

MasaccioMasaccio

14271427

What you What you are, I once are, I once was; what I was; what I am, you will am, you will

become.become.

PerspectivePerspective

3. Classicism3. Classicism

Greco-Roman influence.

Secularism.

Humanism.

Individualism free standing figures.

Symmetry/BalanceThe The “Classical Pose”“Classical Pose”

Medici “Venus” (1c)Medici “Venus” (1c)

4. 4. Emphasis on Emphasis on IndividualismIndividualism Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre: Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre:

The Duke & Dutchess of UrbinoThe Duke & Dutchess of Urbino

Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.

Isabella d’Este –Isabella d’Este – da Vinci, da Vinci, 14991499 1474-1539

“First Lady of the Italian Renaissance.”

Great patroness of the arts.

Known during her time as “First Lady of the World!”

5. 5. Geometrical Geometrical Arrangement of Arrangement of

FiguresFigures The Dreyfus The Dreyfus Madonna Madonna with the with the PomegranatPomegranatee

Leonardo da Leonardo da VinciVinci

14691469

The figure as The figure as architecture!architecture!

6. 6. Light & Light & Shadowing/Softening Shadowing/Softening

EdgesEdges

ChiaroscurChiaroscuroo::

strengthening an strengthening an illusion of depth illusion of depth

on a two-on a two-dimensional dimensional

surfacesurface

Sfumato:Sfumato:

There are no There are no harsh outlines harsh outlines (as in a (as in a coloring book) coloring book) present; areas present; areas blend into one blend into one another another through through miniscule miniscule brushstrokes.brushstrokes.

7. 7. Artists as Artists as Personalities/CelebritiesPersonalities/Celebrities

Lives of the Lives of the Most Most Excellent Excellent Painters, Painters, Sculptors, andSculptors, andArchitectsArchitects

Giorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari

15501550

Renaissance Renaissance FlorenceFlorence

The Wool FactoryThe Wool Factoryby Mirabello Cavalori, 1570by Mirabello Cavalori, 1570 1252 – first gold 1252 – first gold

florinsflorins minted minted

Florentine lion:Florentine lion:symbol of St. symbol of St.

MarkMark

Florence Under the Florence Under the MediciMedici

Medici ChapelMedici Chapel

The Medici PalaceThe Medici Palace

Filippo Filippo BrunelleschiBrunelleschi1377 - 14361377 - 1436

ArchitectArchitect

Cuppolo of St. Cuppolo of St. MariaMariadel Fioredel Fiore

Filippo BrunelleschiFilippo Brunelleschi

• Commissioned to build the cathedral dome.– Used unique

architectural concepts. He studied the

ancient Pantheon in Rome.

Used ribs for support.

Comparing DomesComparing Domes

Other Famous Other Famous DomesDomes

Il Duomo St. Peter’s St. Paul’s US capital (Florence) (Rome) (London) (Washington)

ResourcesResources

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/images_britain_01.shtml

• http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761578474_15/Middle_Ages.html

• Slides 5-20 were created by Ms. Susan M. Pojer: Horace Greeley HS, Chappaqua, NY– Historyteacher.net