1 / 20

Medieval Religious Art The transition from Byzantine to Renaissance style

Medieval Religious Art The transition from Byzantine to Renaissance style. Religious Art. Artists in Western tradition sculpt/paint scenes from history, mythology, everyday life but most of all, religious art. Main subject for art for over 1,000 years. Way of teaching illiterate masses

reese-lindsay
Download Presentation

Medieval Religious Art The transition from Byzantine to Renaissance style

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Medieval Religious ArtThe transition from Byzantine to Renaissance style

  2. Religious Art • Artists in Western tradition sculpt/paint scenes from history, mythology, everyday life but most of all, religious art. • Main subject for art for over 1,000 years. • Way of teaching illiterate masses • 6-12th centuries Byzantine art

  3. Byzantine mosaics

  4. San Vitale, Ravenna(500s)

  5. Icons Madonna with Child – Duccio Crucifix –Cimabue

  6. Characteristics of Byzantine Art • No depth • No definite light source • Flat • Isolated • Often formed by small pieces of colored stone or glass (mosaics). • Often painted on wooden panels (gold background) • Symbolic (Deeply religious) ; Icons

  7. Cimabue 1240-1302

  8. Giotto1266-1337

  9. Cimabue – Crucifix at San Domencio Giotto –Crucifix on wood at Santa Maria.

  10. Frescos • Applying paints to wet plaster • Colors soak in and dry together. • Painters had to work quickly finishing a portion before the paint dried. • Little room for error Arena Chapel Veneto, Italy

  11. Giotto & the Arena Chapel The Annunciation

  12. The arrest of Jesus Giotto & the Arena Chapel

  13. The Flight into Egypt Giotto & the Arena Chapel

  14. Last Judgment Giotto & the Arena Chapel

  15. A new style • Madonna with Child -Byzantine art – austere queen of heaven -Giotto- warm, gentle mother reaching out to embrace her baby. • Work spelled an end to Byzantine style art • Influenced Leonardo, Michelangelo, etc. • Introduced naturalism; depth, • Major turning point in European art.

More Related