Classical Art Medieval Art Renaissance Art

Classical Art ~ 500 BCE - ~ 500 CE Covered the height of Greek culture and the Roman Empire from rise to fall People of Classical Era developed many ideas that make up mathematics, science, literature, and art today Forms of Art: sculpture, painted pottery, murals, mosaics Purposes: show the importance of people and leaders as well as the gods and goddesses

Characteristics of Classical Art Figures look idealized, perfect Bodies look active, move convincingly Bodies are often nude, sometimes draped in togas Faces are bland and calm without emotion Scenes show heroic figures or real people doing real tasks of daily life Little background or sense of perspective (when distant objects look smaller and far away)

Discobolus marble sculpture replica of Roman statue

Greek Pottery ~ 450 BCE

Floor Mosaic Roman ~ 300 CE

Medieval Art 500 CE – 1400 CE Medieval Europe was characterized by the rise of feudalism and the controlling power of the Catholic Church in people’s lives. Forms of Art: stained-glass windows, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, tapestries Purposes: to teach religion to people who cannot read or write

Characteristics of Medieval Art Subjects mostly religious Figures look flat and stiff with little real movement Important figures are large Fully clothed, draped in deeply carved, stiff-looking clothes Faces are solemn with little emotion Paintings use vibrant colors Flat, two-dimensional painted figures Backgrounds are single color, often gold, no interest in creating a realistic space

Empress Theodora Byzantine Mosaic 547 CE

Narthex Tympanum 1120 CD scuplture

Cathedral of Notre Dame Stained Glass 1345

Madonna and Child Giotto

Illuminated Manuscript

Renaissance Art 1400 – 1650 CE Rebirth of classical culture Rediscovered writings of Greeks and Romans Borrowed ancients ideas and combined them in new ways Forms of Art: sculptures, murals, drawings, paintings Purposes: show the importance of people (humanism) and nature, not just religion

Characteristics Both religious and non-religious scenes Figures look idealized, perfect Bodies may look active, moving Bodies may be nude or clothed Real people doing real tasks of daily life Faces express what people are thinking Colors respond to the light that falls on them Interest in nature, lots of natural detail Full, deep backgrounds with perspective Paintings are symmetrical (balanced on both sides)

Artist: Italian painter; Filipps Lippi. 1406 Renaissance Era Artist: Italian painter; Filipps Lippi. 1406 Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child with Two Angels Tempera on panel 1406

Classical Period Roman artist Roman artist Bathing Venus Marble sculpture 3rd C. BCE

Renaissance Era Venus and Adonis 1550 CE painting Titian

Medieval Period Madonna and Child in Majesty Tempera paint on wooden pannel 1280 CE Cimabue

Classical Period Grave Stele of Hegeso Marble sculputre 400 BCE

Medieval Period Bayeux Tapestry 1082 CE

Renaissance Michelangelo Pieta Pieta Michaelangelo Sculpture 1475 CE

School of Athens Raphael 1510 CE Painting

Madonna Raphael

David by Michelangelo

Mona Lisa by Leonardo

Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo

Last Supper by Leonardo