Compare Renaissance and Middle Age Defining An Era Compare Renaissance and Middle Age art and architecture Which era demonstrates more Greek and Roman techniques or motifs? (arches, columns, etc…) Which era demonstrates more artistic beauty? (which is more realistic or shows the talent of the artist better?) Which era demonstrates more emphasis on the individual and expression? Which era is more secular in its themes and content?
Middle Age Art Adam and Eve Reproached [punished] by the Lord from the Bronze Doors of Bishop Bernward for St. Michael’s. 1015.
Middle Age Art Master Honore. David and Goliath, from the Prayer Book of Philip the Fair. 1295.
Middle Age Art an illustration from the Book of Kells written by Celtic Christian monks during the 8th century. This picture depicts Saint Columba.
Middle Age architecture the medieval Gravensteen castle, in Flanders, built in 1180
Middle Age architecture Hever Castle, Kent, UK, c. 1270.
Middle Age architecture Cathedral of Milan, Italy, c. 1300.
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man shows clearly the effect writers of Greece and Rome had on Renaissance thinkers. Based on the specifications in Vitruvius's (a Roman Author) De architectura around 1500 years before, Da Vinci tried to draw the perfectly proportioned man
Renaissance Art View of a Skull, c. 1489 Leondardo di Vinci. Embryo in the Womb. c. 1510.
Renaissance art Holy Trinity and it was painted by Masaccio between 1425 – 1427. Masaccio was an early renaissance painter
Renaissance art Self-Portrait at 26. 1498. Albrecht Durer
Renaissance architecture Brunelleschi, Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence. c. 1420-36.
Renaissance architecture Bramante, "Tempietto" (San Pietro in Montorio) in Rome. c.1508 Compare to: Temple of Venus, Rome. c. 200 AD.
Renaissance architecture Andrea Palladio. Villa Rotonda, Vincenza. c. 1567-70.