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The Art of theRenaissancePainting the Picture of the Renaissance

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Characteristics of Medieval Art Art and learning centered on the church and

religion

Very Flat The human form was not accentuatedvery

unisex!

Used halos around the heads of saints or religiousfigures

Use ofhieratic scale

Saints or religious figures always larger thanordinary people

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Medieval characteristics

continued Medieval painters used gold backgrounds for the

beauty of the heavenly atmosphere

Perspective use was not used during this timethemath used was not available for the artists

Characters are one-dimensional

Settings lack dimension as well

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Medieval Art Berlinghiero

Madonna and Child 1228

What characteristics do

you see in thisexample?

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Giotto Giotto

Madonna and Child1320

What do you notice aboutthis and the medievalprint?

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Another Example of Medieval Art Charlemagne

Why is this sooooo

medieval?

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Characteristics of Renaissance Art Humanist art used less

hieratic form

Not always religious, more

humanistic Natural landscapes began to

be used

mathematical perspectiveinvented and used by

artists Less use of halos to depict

religious figures

Strong use of light andbalance

Vibrant colors

Depicted the male andfemale forms accuratelyand quite pronounced

Ordinary people and eventsbecame worthy of

paintings Classical themes of ancient

Greece and Rome

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Perspective Adoration of the

Magi 1470

Botticelli

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Landscapes of the Renaissance

Painting Guiliano Bugiardini

Madonna and Child with St.John, 1510

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Early Renaissance Sculpture Donatellos David, 1430

How does this compare withCharlemagne?

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Michelangelo David, 1501

Carved from one slab

of marble Depicted the

proportionate malebody withextraordinary detail

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Who did a better job?Donatello? Michelangelo?

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The Sistine Chapel- The Creation Michelangelo Buonarrati, 1475

Fresco

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Leonardo Da Vinci How does this

reflect the idealsof theRenaissance?

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, ( ):eonardo the Scientist Anatomy( ):eonardo the Scientist Anatomyages from hisages from his N o t e b o o ko t e b o o k

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Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa

Where are her

eyebrows?

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o na L i s ao n a Li sa ORR aaVinci??inci??

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Raphael The School of Athens,

1508

Shows great Greek

philosophers Plato and Aristotle in the

middle of the painting

Socrates on the leftcounting fingers to

young men

Michelangelo is thefigure writing in theforegroundrepresenting

Heraclitus

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Test your skills. Decide if these paintings represent the middle ages or the

Renaissance and how do you know?

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Northern Humanism The Betrothal of the

Arnolfini, 1434

Jan van Eyck

A Renaissance painting butdeeply middle ages insymbolism

Candle nuptial candle,symbolizing Christ anddivine light

The convex mirrorsymbolized the all-seeing eye of God

Shoes off symbolizingcouple on holy ground

Ripening peaches

symbolize fertility Dog symbolizes fidelity

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Everyday Life is Captured in Art Pieter Brueghel

PeasantWedding

1568 How else is this

reflective oftheRenaissance

?

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Wealth, Culture, and Diplomacy Hans Holbein

TheAmbassadors,

1533 Mixture of wealth,

power, andculture

Show prestige ofdiplomats in

Europeanculture

Scientific inquiryrepresentedfully

Lute represents

harmony