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Medieval Art

Medieval Art. Unrealistic two-dimensional style (religious theme). Stain Glass (two-dimensional). Renaissance Art. Characteristics of the Renaissance. Humanism Individualism Questioning Attitude / Critical thinking Interest in Secular (non-religious) matters Rise of the middle class

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Medieval Art

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  1. Medieval Art • Unrealistic two-dimensional style (religious theme). • Stain Glass (two-dimensional)

  2. Renaissance Art

  3. Characteristics of the Renaissance Humanism Individualism Questioning Attitude / Critical thinking Interest in Secular (non-religious) matters Rise of the middle class Great achievements in the arts.

  4. Humanism Focuses on humans (not religion) Concentrate on everyday human problems, achievements, relationships Reality not morality! 4

  5. Humanism Conflict with the Catholic Church because of their questioning attitudes Emphasizes study of the Liberal Arts: Grammar and Rhetoric, Poetry, History, and Ethics 5

  6. Humanism in Northern Europe Northern Humanists stressed education and classical learning, however, unlike the Italian humanists, they emphasized religious themes. Northern Humanists: Renaissance should bring about religious and moral reform. 6

  7. Characteristics of Renaissance Art Three Dimensional Realistic & Lifelike

  8. Characteristics of Renaissance Art • Linear Perspective: Vanishing point.

  9. Characteristics of Renaissance Art • Influenced by Greco-Roman culture; its forms and its themes (ie. beauty of the human body)

  10. Characteristics of Renaissance Art • New mediums: Oil on canvass • And old: Frescos

  11. Characteristics of Renaissance Art • Sculpture in the Round / in Relief

  12. Leonardo da Vinci • The Last Supper • 1498

  13. Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa 1502

  14. Michelangelo The Pieta 1500

  15. Michelangelo The Last Judgment 1534 to 1541

  16. Michelangelo • David • 1501-1504

  17. Donatello David 1400s

  18. Raphael Madonnas 1483-1520

  19. Raphael School of Athens 1510

  20. Albretch Durer Adoration of the Magi 1504

  21. Jan van Eyck Giovanni Arnolfini and Bride 1434

  22. Renaissance Architecture

  23. St. Peter’s Cathedral in the Vatican Michelangelo 1506 to 1626

  24. Dome of the Cathedral of Florence Brunelleschi 1420-1436

  25. The Renaissance Moves North Moved to Northern Europe in 1450 The plague affected the Northward expansion of the Renaissance Imitated Italian Styles, while adding methods of their own. Printing Press More availability of books People become more literate

  26. Renaissance Writers Began to use the vernacular instead of classical Latin. (vernacular = the native language)

  27. Humanism (a review) Humans, not God. Reality, not Morality. Conflict with the Church Liberal Arts In North, some religious focus (reform Church!)

  28. The Printing Revolution 1456: Johann Gutenberg invents the Printing Press. Books become cheaper and easier to produce Gained access to broad range of knowledge (Medicine to Religion) The printing press would greatly contribute to the Protestant Reformation. 28

  29. Petrarch Father of Humanism Believed that God had given man his intellect (brains) and potential to be used to the fullest. Letters

  30. William Shakespeare Hamlet Taming of the Shrew A Midsummer’s Night Dream

  31. Shakespeare The best known Renaissance writer Between 1590 and 1613 he wrote 37 plays

  32. Dante The Divine Comedy Story written in the vernacular (Italian) which tells the story of a man’s journey through heaven and hell.

  33. Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Series of stories depicting the lives of whole social spectrum on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Beckett at the Canterbury Cathedral in England

  34. Baldassare Castiglione The Book of the Courtier Book that describes what a nobleman should behave like and what they should strive to be, classically educated and have skills for the military.

  35. Boccaccio Decameron Written in 1353, it is a collection of novellas (stories) that demonstrate life in the times and portrays many of the Renaissance attitudes.

  36. Erasmus The Handbook of the Christian Knight A work of a Christian Humanist, The Handbook speaks clearly and logically to Christian concerning how their secular lives should reflect their spiritual live

  37. Erasmus In Praise of Folly Book in which Erasmus criticizes the areas of society that were in most need of reform, such as monasteries and church corruption.

  38. Machiavelli The Prince First work of political science, instruction manual for the Prince to do what is necessary to stay in power and stability.

  39. Machiavelli – The Prince Advised kings how to rule. A gift to Lorenzo Medici for his birthday The end justifies the means.

  40. Thomas More Utopia a work of fiction, tells the story of a land that is almost perfect in every way and serves as an example of what should be. More is known as the “Man for all Seasons” because of his versatility.

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