1. Medieval Art vs Renaissance Art
Social 9

2. SWBAT Identify key differences between Renaissance and Medieval art.
Comprehend key terms in used in the arts
Evaluate why there are key differences between the arts of the Renaissance and Medieval time eras.

3. Tell me about these paintings
Tell me about these paintings. Can you find similarities and/or differences?

4. Medieval Art (things to notice)
Look at the people, they all look the same. Close to stick figures.
Faces are all the same.
No depth perception. Some of the people and objects look like they are floating.
It looks like a bunch of randomly placed objects.
Religious focus.
No Artists signature.

6. Renaissance Art (things to notice)
-People look like real people with real faces. They do not look like stick figures and they all look different.
-Depth perception. As people and objects are closer they appear larger and as they fade to the distance they appear smaller.
-Linear perspective, vanishing or focus point. When you look at the painting your eyes are drawn to one point in the painting.
-The people in the painting seem to be free to do whatever they choose. There is no reference to religion in this painting.
Raphael Santi, The School of Athens (181 K) Fresco, 770 cm wide Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Vaticani, Rome Web Gallery of Art

8. Raphael, The Betrothal of the Virgin.

9. Medieval Art: Mostly religious
Focused Christian symbols of concepts/values
Not concerned with realism
Served a purpose:
"Before a worshipper has even entered the church, he would find images of saints and sinners, of angelic beings and the punishment of the damned. All stood as a reminder of the importance of holding one's thoughts to God."
Statues were shallow and flat. Bodies might be out of proportion

10. Renaissance art:
Focused on realism--on portraying things as they look.
Used linear perspective in painting.
Often used to show the beauty in nature (including human beings).
Depicted everyday life. Used light and shadow.
Attention to detail.
Realism focuses on life and how it is truly, not imaginative at all.

11. Just for fun…
The Ninja Turtles are named after four famous Renaissance artists – Splinter found the baby turtles on a book of Renaissance art and named the turtles from it!

12. Raffaelo Sanzio
Raphael

13. Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo

14. Donatello di Niccolò di Betto Bardi

15. Michelangelo Buonarroti