1. Renaissance Art Lesson Two, Unit One Teacher’s Edition

2. Today’s Main Idea: The ideas of the Renaissance were evident in the art that was created during this time period. Renaissance ideas soon spread throughout Europe and can be seen in artwork from around the continent. After this lesson students will be able to compare and contrast the difference between Renaissance and Medieval Art and how this change in art reflected a change in society overall.

3. So…what is medieval? Medieval art is different from Renaissance art in both content and design Both of these reflect the overall change in society… we will talk more about this later!

4. Medieval art was almost always religious. –It was often used to teach people about religion

5. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works- of-art/29.55.1,2

6. Christ Giving the Keys to Peter – 1315 These panels illustrate the belief that the pope is the representative of Christ on earth. Under separate architectural baldachins, the apostle Peter, wearing the papal tiara, kneels before Christ, who, in a literal representation of a Gospel text (Matthew 16:18), is the key to the Kingdom of Heaven. Source: Christ Giving the Keys to Peter [German] (29.55.1,2) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of ArtChrist Giving the Keys to Peter [German] (29.55.1,2) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Taken from – themet.com

7. The Medieval Look… In architecture: -Flying Buttresses  Ex: Notre Dame – Paris, FR

8. Art: –Duller colors –Disproportioned body parts –No distinction in faces –2d appearance –Hieratic Scale Size of things are based on their importance, rather than their actual size

9. Madonna & Child in Glory Cione

10. Now on your own:

11. Madonna Enthroned (1280-1290 ca.)

12. Giovanni Agonsti da Lodi Adoration of the Sheppard's 1467-1525

13. The Renaissance Factor… Renaissance art reflected the change in society and culture. It is one of the strongest signifiers of the growth of humanism

14. Characteristics of Renaissance Art: #1 Realism & Classical Influence: -Realistically portrays the human body -Human body in a natural pose -Shows influence of classical principles The David - Michelangelo

15. #2 Use of Perspective: -Shows that distant objects are farther away then those that are closer -Creates an illusion of 3d appearance -Lines in reality are parallel and meet at a point -The point is called the horizon

16. See the vanishing point!

17. #4 Focus on the value of individual subjects -Art began to focus on non-religious individuals -Art began to focus on common individuals -Art began to show human emotions

19. #5 Beauty, balance and harmony -The resurgence of the dome