1. WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT Renaissance ART?!
A Comparison of Medieval and Renaissance Art

2. Medieval Art: What do you notice?

3. OBSERVATIONS
The figures are flat, lacking dimension - Lighting is even
The figure’s body proportions and positioning is off
There is no landscape featured in the background
Expression is vague/ emotionless
Religious theme

4. Raphael’s “School of Athens”: What do you notice?

5. RENAISSANCE Realism & techniques
Artists wanted to make things look more realistic
They studied human anatomy to make people look more solid, display real emotions and appear in natural poses
This allows the viewer to connect with emotions of piece more
Madonna & Child VS

6. Perspective
Giving the appearance of distance on a flat surface - dimension

7. Proportion A correct relation among parts - scale
AND SOMETHING JUST FOR FUN…
Why babies in Medieval paintings look like ugly old men
Proportion
A correct relation among parts - scale VS

8. Use of Light
Shading: appears as if a light is focused on one point – adds dimension Blending: edges are soft - no hard lines

9. Emotion VS

10. And here’s how you’re going to remember all this stuff…
Perspective in Art

11. Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man
Leonardo Da Vinci Mini Bio
Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man of Math
False

12. How do we measure up? Length of arm span is equal to height
Bellybutton to the point of the diagonally stretched arms/legs should draw perfect circle
Width of the shoulders is a quarter of height
elbow to the tip of the hand is a quarter of height
elbow to the armpit is one-eighth of height
below the chin to the bottom of the nose and the distance between eyebrows and the hairline are equal. Each of these is also equal to the height of the ears and to one-third of the face