Renaissance Art
Middle Ages lacked –depth –perspective –realism – looked flat –color –individualism people were viewed in terms of their place in society –an excitement about life life during Middle Ages was a preparation for heaven or hell rather than an experience worth having
It was.... Sacred Symbolic Simplified Stylized Background is flat and stage-like
Giotto a Renaissance Man transitional piece Mary and baby are the focus not intended to show everyday life, but life in Heaven Mary and Christ are large than others background covered with gold – showing this is God’s kingdom gold halos baby Jesus is small man facial features are the same only god can create Madonna and Child
Adding Math and Science Leonardo da Vinci has circles and squares to find the mathematical proportions of man “aim of science and art are one” artists study geometry, anatomy, botany, physics subjects provide the information needed to better represent artistically what they were drawing Proportions of Man
Masaccio rediscovered the technique of linear perspective a technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions creating the illusion of “real space” established an imaginary line on the viewer’s eye level called the horizon line center of this line called the vanishing point –the point at which lines leading into the distance seem to meet Trinity with the Virgin and St. John
New things Renaissance Artists added.... Single light source –putting together science and nature Sfumate “up in smoke” –aerial perspective for showing distance outdoors –figures closest to viewer – clean and bright –figures far away – light, hazy, fade into the distance Chiaroscuro –blending Proportion –haze –eliminate contrast in background
Da Vinci Mona Lisa –Single light source –Sfumato –Chiaroscuro –Proportion
Michelangelo The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican
Coming face to face with God
The famous hands of Adam and God
the Delphic Sibyl A perspective device called foreshortening
The School of Athens Raphael
Michelangelo
Archimedes Euclid
Raphael
Leonardo
Birth of Venus Botticelli
Adoration of the Magi Botticelli
Arnolfini Wedding Jan Van Eyck Oil Painting Symbolism
Compare/Contrast Middle AgesRenaissance