1. Art Comparison Slides Classical, Medieval, or Renaissance art? You decide.

2. Classical Art  Idealized figures  Active bodies  Naked, sometimes in togas  Faces without emotion  Real tasks from daily life  Little background or sense of perspective Examples: sculpture, pottery, murals, mosaics

3. Roman Copy of Myron’s Discobolus Why? Naked Idealized Active Heroic Sculpture

4. Medieval Art  Religious subjects  Flat, stiff subjects  Important figures are large  Fully clothed  Little emotion  Flat, two dimensional  Single color background, often gold Examples: stained glass, sculpture, manuscripts, paintings, tapestries

5. Why? Religious figure is large Flat, lifeless figures Little emotion Frankish artist, 1279

6. Renaissance Art  Religious and non-religious scenes  Idealized, perfect figures  Active, moving bodies  Nude or clothed bodies  Real people doing real tasks  Faces express feelings  Interest in nature, lots of natural detail  Full, deep backgrounds with perspective  Paintings are symmetrical Examples: sculptures, murals, drawings, paintings

7. Fresco located in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City Raphael’s School of Athens A.D. 1510

8. Your turn… Which is it? Why? This is definitely Renaissance art because…

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16. 1. Renaissance Filippo Lippi. Madonna and Child with Angels. A.D. 1406

17. 2. Classical Bathing Venus marble sculpture Roman artist

18. 3. Renaissance Titian’s Venus and Adonis A.D. 1580

19. 4. Medieval Cimbaue’s Madonna and Child in Majesty A.D. 1280

20. 6. Classical Grave Stele of Hegeso c. 400 B.C.

21. 5. Medieval - Bayeux Tapestry A.D. 1082

22. 7. Renaissance Michelangelo’s Pieta A.D. 1475

23. The End