1. Medieval vs. Renaissance Art

2. Medieval Art Renaissance

3. Directions:
The following slides will each contain a piece of artwork from the Middle Ages AND the Renaissance. It is your job to record the differences you see in the paintings. Or, in other words, compare the paintings on each slide and record your findings in the corresponding column on your paper.

4. Slide 1
Middle Ages
Renaissance

5. Slide 2
Middle Ages
Renaissance

6. Slide 3
Middle Ages
Renaissance

7. Slide 4
Middle Ages
Renaissance

8. Slide 5
Renaissance
Middle Ages

9. Medieval Art Characteristics
How Many Did YOU Get?
Medieval Art Characteristics
-Medieval art was flat
-Medieval art was unrealistic/people were
not lifelike
-Medieval art was very religious
-Medieval art did not show emotions
-Medieval art used dull colors

10. Renaissance Art Characteristics
-Renaissance art used shadows
-Renaissance art showed real people
-Renaissance art was realistic
-Renaissance art showed human emotions
-Renaissance art used bright colors
-Renaissance art was 3D
-Renaissance art used non-religious figures
-Renaissance art showed everyday life

11. Why was art important during the Renaissance?
-Wealthy merchants and church leaders paid artists for their creations.
-City-states competed to have the best artwork

12. How was Renaissance art different from Medieval art?
-artists showed people how they appeared in
real life
-artists used new techniques:
-chiaroscuro: softened edges and
shadows
-perspective: makes a painting look 3D
-frescos: watercolor on plaster

13. Who were some famous Renaissance artists?
-Leonardo da Vinci

14. -Raphael Sanzio

15. -Michelangelo

16. -Donatello

17. -Botticelli
fresco: watercolor on plaster

18. -Titian: rich colors

19. -Jan Van Eyck: master oil painter

20. -Abbrecht Durer: Engraving

21. Renaissance review...

22. Sum it up
Summarize your Cornell Notes about Renaissance art and artists. Remember to include who, what, when, where, and why.