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The Renaissance

The Renaissance. What were major characteristics of Renaissance Art?. The MIDDLE AGES or MEDIEVAL PERIOD is the historical time period between ANCIENT TIMES and MODERN TIMES (approx. 400 AD -mid 1500s AD). “The Middle Ages” only happened in Europe.

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The Renaissance

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  1. The Renaissance What were major characteristics of Renaissance Art?

  2. The MIDDLE AGES or MEDIEVAL PERIOD is the historical time period between ANCIENT TIMES and MODERN TIMES (approx. 400 AD -mid 1500s AD). • “The Middle Ages” only happened in Europe. • Why do we study the Middle Ages? Well, many things that happened in Europe during those centuries affected our modern world.

  3. Key Events of the Middle Ages Our Lesson!

  4. Key Events of the Middle Ages

  5. It was a different world… …in which RELIGION was the dominant force of the time. The Catholic Church and the POPE ruled over Europe, and claimed control over who went to HEAVEN or HELL.

  6. It was a time when few could read or write and ignorance and superstition were common. All aspects of life were dominated by the teachings of the Catholic Church. To contradict the church was to contradict God. Anyone found guilty of actions against God and the church had to be punished.

  7. Art was not excluded from the control of the Catholic Church. Art was a tool to teach religion in the Middle Ages. • Look at this image of the Virgin Mary (Madonna) and child. What do you notice about this painting?

  8. More examples of Medieval Art: Madonna and Child Ugolino da Siena (Ugolino di Nerio) (Italian, Siena, active by 1317–died ?1339/49)

  9. Madonna and Child by Unknown, 12th century

  10. Virgin and Child with St. Anne by Unknown, c. 1270-1290

  11. Barna da Siena  (active c.1330 - 1350) Christ Bearing the Cross, with a Dominican Friar, c.1350-1360 French, Probably BurgundianVirgin and Child, c.1390-1400

  12. Duccio di Buoninsegna  (c.1255 - c.1319) The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain, 1308-1311

  13. Saint John the Evangelist with Acteus and Eugenius Francescuccio Ghissi (Francesco di Cecco Ghissi) (Italian, Marchigian, active 1359–74)

  14. Madonna and Child with Donors Giovanni da Milano (Italian, Lombardy, active 1346–69)

  15. Characteristics of Medieval Art:

  16. In the year 1095, Pope Urban II called for a “holy war” or CRUSADE to capture the lands of Palestine/Israel (“Holy Land”) and the city of JERUSALEM from the Muslims. The wars lasted some 200 years and by the time they ended, the Christians were defeated by the Muslims despite the promises of victory by the popes.

  17. The Crusades exposed the Europeans to the world outside Europe. Many traveled like Marco Polo seeking to see the world. Commerce with Asia increased and for the first time in centuries the Europeans were curious about the world and hungry for old and new knowledge.

  18. This “REBIRTH” of knowledge in Europe became known as the RENAISSANCE!

  19. It began in Florence… • The COMMERCE between EUROPE and ASIA not only brought the BLACK DEATH, new products, new technologies, and new ideas to Europe… it also made cities like FLORENCE rich!

  20. Patrons! • The wealthy families of Florence and Italy used their wealth to display their ECONOMIC and POLITICAL power. They paid for great art to be created. The most famous were the MEDICI.

  21. HUMANISM • The most important idea introduced during the Renaissance was the notion that the VALUE OF THE INDIVIDUAL was above all other concerns, even religion!

  22. ART was the first way the Renaissance became apparent. Why? It is a form of expression that does not required reading or writing. Long before humans were able to write, write, or talk, they expressed themselves through images.

  23. The Renaissance is remembered today as an ARTISTIC REVOLUTION because it challenged the power of the Catholic Church, by promoting INDIVIDUALITY, CURIOSITY, and LOVE FOR KNOWLEDGE. Art changed the way we saw the world and life. The rules of art that dominated the world for the next 500 years were established by the artists of the Renaissance.

  24. A major change in Renaissance art was the creation of the rules of PERSPECTIVE (the illusion of dimension on a flat surface) by Filippo Brunelleschi.

  25. The Holy Trinity by Masaccio, 1425

  26. Ideal City by Piero della Francesca, c. 1470

  27. Gates of Paradise (detail) by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1401-1422.

  28. Madonna with Child by Filippo Lippi, 1465. executed around 1465

  29. The Ecstasy of St. Francis (or St. Francis in the Desert) by Giovanni Bellini, 1475-1480.

  30. The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, 1486.

  31. The Baptism of Christ by Verrocchio (assisted by Leonardo da Vinci), 1472-1475.

  32. The Last Supper by Leoanrdo da Vinci, 1494-1498.

  33. Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci , 1489–1490. Mona Lisa or La Gioconda by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503–1505/1507.)

  34. Head of a Girl by Leonardo da Vinci, 1483

  35. Pietà, by Michelangelo, 1498-1499.

  36. Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo, 1508–12.

  37. Study for the Libyan Sibyl for the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo, 1511.

  38. David by Michelangelo, 1501-1504

  39. Madonna in the Meadow by Raphael, 1505-1506.

  40. The Madonna of the Chair by Raphael, 1514-1515.

  41. The School of Athens by Raphael, 1511

  42. Sistine Madonna (detail) by Raphael, 1512.

  43. The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, 1432.

  44. The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch, 1480-1505.

  45. Young Hare by Durer, 1502..

  46. Purification of the Temple by El Greco, c.1600.

  47. Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527. Portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1536

  48. Portrait of Edward VI by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1538.

  49. Renaissance Art

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