Download Middle Ages Art

Middle Ages vs.
Renaissance
• Create a chart or graphic organizer in
your notebook to compare and contrast
characteristics of art in the Middle Ages
with art in the Renaissance
MIDDLE AGES
SIMILARITIES
RENAISSANCE
How to Analyze Art…
• Determine subject matter
– i.e. What type of person is this painting
portraying? Athlete? Religious figure?
• Use proper adjectives…
– Detailed or not?
– Realistic or not?
• Improper adjectives that you should stay
away from…
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Good
Bad
Ugly
Whether you like the painting or not
Middle Ages Art
“Madonna and
Child”
-From The Book
of Kells
“Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)”- Leonardo da
Vinci
Mona Lisa or Leonardo??
Leonardo’s
Sketches
An example of the
humanist desire to
unlock the secrets
of nature.
“Many Sided Genius”
-Artist
-Architect
-Sculptor
-Engineer
-Scientist
-Inventor
Leonardo the Scientist
Anatomy from his Sketchbook
“David”
-Michelangelo
Michelangelo’s DETAIL!
“School of Athens”
-Raphael
http://www.newbanner.com/AboutPic/athena/raphael/nbi_ath4.html
“Birth of Venus”
-Sandro Botticelli
“Game of Chess”
-Sofonisba Anguissola
1. Realism, Detail, and Expression
“Expulsion from the Garden” by Masaccio
2. Emphasis on Individualism
“The Duke and Dutchess of Urbino” –Piero della Francesca
3. Focus on Classical Greece and Rome
4. Perspective
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
3D!
Which is most similar to the modern
painting?
MODERN ART
And Why???
RENAISSANCE ART
MIDDLE AGES ART
• Now with your knowledge of
characteristics of Renaissance Art, fill
in any other important differences
between the Renaissance and the
Middle Ages on your T-Chart