THE ANNOTATED MONA LISA Art Response Notebook
GIVING CREDIT AND DIRECTION The Annotated Mona Lisa creates a framework to think about European art. Give credit to Carol Strickland, PH.D for using her work.
THE MIDDLE AGES Fifth to Fifteenth CenturyFall of Rome until the Renaissance Death of Emperor Justinian until the rein of Charlemagne
THREE MAJOR SHIFTS Northern Europe became Cultural PowerChristianity became WidespreadSocial Focus became God Centered
STYLE ByzantineRomanesqueGothic
BYZANTINE ART IconsMosaicsArchitecture
ROMANESQUE Symbolism in ArchitectureIlluminated ManuscriptsPilgrims
GOTHIC SculptureStained GlassTapestry
RENAISSANCE Shift from Supernatural to NaturalReturns to Classic Style and FormFlorence is the Fountainhead
BREAKTHROUGHS Oil on Canvas PerspectiveUse of Light and ShadowPyramid Configuration
REMEMBER ME Massacio DonatelloBoticelli
HIGH RENAISSANCE Leonardo Da VinciMichelangelo RaphaelTitian
ARCHITECTURE RULES Classicism: All Roads Lead to RomeTheories, Treatises, and Aesthetic Rules Math, Science, and Engineering Beauty and Harmony Determined by Math: Ratio is King
THE ARCHITECTS BrunelleschiBramantePalladio
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE Nature is the DriverRealistic and DetailedPrecisionVariations in Light and Shade Gave DepthAtmospheric Perspective
PLACES Holland and FlandersBrugesBrusselsGhentLouvainHaarlem
IMPORTANT ARTISTS Jan Van EyckBosch Bruegel
GERMAN RENAISSANCE HolbeinDurerGrunewald
MANNERISM Between Renaissance and Baroque
THE CHANGE: ABANDONING REALITY Dissonance Instead of HarmonyEmotion Instead of ReasonImagination Instead of Reality
NOTABLES PontormoParmigianoCellini
SPANISH RENAISSANCE El Greco
BAROQUE Marries Renaissance to MannerismOrnate and Flamboyant
ITALIAN BAROQUE CaravaggioBerniniBorromini
FLEMISH BAROQUE ReubensVan Dyck
DUTCH BAROQUE ProtestantProsperousEnthusiastic
SUBJECT MATTER Still LifeLandscapeMoving Figures
DUTCH MASTERS RuisdaleHals RembrandtVermeer
ENGLISH BAROQUE HogarthGainsboroughReynoldsWren
SPANISH BAROQUE Valezquez
FRENCH BAROQUE PoussainClaudeVersailles
ROCCOCO WatteauBoucherFragonard
NEOCLASSICISM DavidIngresDelacroix
GOYA Art of ProtestBlack Paintings
ROMANTICISM GericaultDelacroixConstableTurner