WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT Renaissance ART?! A Comparison of Medieval and Renaissance Art
Medieval Art: What do you notice?
OBSERVATIONS The figures are flat, lacking dimension - Lighting is even The figure’s body proportions and positioning is off There is no landscape featured in the background Expression is vague/ emotionless Religious theme
Raphael’s “School of Athens”: What do you notice?
RENAISSANCE Realism & techniques Artists wanted to make things look more realistic They studied human anatomy to make people look more solid, display real emotions and appear in natural poses This allows the viewer to connect with emotions of piece more Madonna & Child VS
Perspective Giving the appearance of distance on a flat surface - dimension
Proportion A correct relation among parts - scale AND SOMETHING JUST FOR FUN… Why babies in Medieval paintings look like ugly old men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFcF_qfLHeQ Proportion A correct relation among parts - scale VS
Use of Light Shading: appears as if a light is focused on one point – adds dimension Blending: edges are soft - no hard lines
Emotion VS
And here’s how you’re going to remember all this stuff… Perspective in Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jUh3QxVJzI
Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man Leonardo Da Vinci Mini Bio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrV91kOn-ao Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man of Math https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMsaFP3kgqQ&nohtml5= False
How do we measure up? Length of arm span is equal to height Bellybutton to the point of the diagonally stretched arms/legs should draw perfect circle Width of the shoulders is a quarter of height elbow to the tip of the hand is a quarter of height elbow to the armpit is one-eighth of height below the chin to the bottom of the nose and the distance between eyebrows and the hairline are equal. Each of these is also equal to the height of the ears and to one-third of the face