1. European Art: Raphael & Perspective

2. Classical -People look better than real life.
-Bodies appear active and lifelike, like they could “come alive.”
-Faces are calm and do not show emotion.

3. Medieval -Images are very flat, 2D without much depth.
-Usually religious (Mary and Jesus)
-Important figures are larger than others
-Bright colors
-Solid color backgrounds

4. Renaissance -Uses perspective
-Objects in “back” smaller than those in “front”
-Lifelike, 3D figures
-Lines meet in a single point
-Full, detailed backgrounds.
-Soft, shadowy colors
-Often non-religious

6. Classical Art Medieval Renaissance
*People looked more perfect than in real life
*Paintings didn't have much background detail or perspective
*Bodies looked active, motion was believable
*Faces calm without emotion
*Important figures are larger than others
*Little sense of life or movement
*Single-color backgrounds
*2-Dimensional, flat paintings with bright colors
*Most art was religious (Jesus, Mary, etc.)
*Not all scenes are religious
*Full backgrounds showing perspective
*Soft, shadowy colors
*Bodies looked active and in motion
*Lifelike and 3-dimensional figures

7. Look at the pieces of art on the following slides
and try to determine during which period they were made.

8. 1. Madonna and Child

9. 2. Bathing Venus

10. 3. Primavera

11. 4. Madonna and Child

12. 5. Grave Stele of Hegeso

13. 6. Pieta