1. LT: I CAN: ANALYZE MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ART COMPARE ARTISTIC STYLES AND THEMES IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ART ANALYZE HOW ART IMITATES LIFE Renaissance Art Entry Task: Name the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

2. REVOLUTIONIZES ART! The Renaissance

3. Pre-Renaissance Art Religious Subjects Portray the ideal, not reality

4. English 1120-1145

5. Revolutions in Arts The use of perspective became popular in Renaissance art What is perspective?  Use of 3 dimensions on a flat surface

6. Realism Renaissance artists began using more realism in art More emphasis on the individual Characters took on more human qualities  Emotions  Feelings

7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of Renaissance Art

8. Donatello Sculpture Created natural postures and expressions

9. Donatello sculpted the marble David ca. 1409; the bronze David ca. 1430. Cosimo de' Medici commissioned the bronze David and placed it in the courtyard of the Medici Palazzo in Florence.

10. Raphael Advanced Realism First to really use 2 point perspective Commissioned by Pope Julius II to fill his library with paintings

11. Raphael St. George Fighting the Dragon 1504-06 (220 Kb); Oil on wood, 28.5 x 21.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in); National Gallery of Art, Washington

12. Michelangelo Sculptor Poet Architect Painter

13. David, 1504

14. Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508

15. St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City Michelangelo oversaw the construction and changed the architecture

16. Leonardo daVinci A true renaissance man Painter Sculpter Inventor Scientist

17. Mona LisaMona Lisa or La Gioconda (1503– 1505/1507)—Louvre, Paris, FranceLouvre

18. The Last Supper The Last Supper (1498)—Convent of Sta. Maria delle Grazie, Milan, ItalyConvent of Sta. Maria delle Grazie Milan

19. Italian vs. Northern Renaissance

23. What are the key differences you see between Italian and Northern Renaissance Art?

24. Renaissance in Northern Europe Northern art  More realism than Italian art  Flanders – artistic center for northern Europe (Flemish artists)

25. Comparing Medieval and Renaissance Art

26. What are some things you might think about when looking at artwork? What you see in the piece What you think the meaning/theme of the piece is How the piece of art reflects life during the time period it was created If you like the piece of art or not

27. “Madonna and Child in Glory” - Jacopo di Cione

28. Renaissance in Northern Europe Changing circumstances in northern Europe  End of 100 Years War  Eventual end of bubonic plague Ideas spread north from Italy  Artists who returned from Italy Growth in merchant class Support from monarchies

29. Northern Renaissance: Jan Van Eyck Flemish Painter

30. Jan van Eyck Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride

38. Renaissance in Northern Europe Literature also changes Focus on living good life according to the bible – Christian humanism  Desiderius Erasmus  The Praise of Folly  Poked fun at those who weren’t leading good Christian lives  Thomas More  Utopia  Imagines a perfect world

39. Renaissance in England Began during reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558- 1603)  Great supporter of the arts Period referred to as the Elizabethan Age World’s most famous playwright  William Shakespeare

40. Renaissance in Northern Europe Development of the modern printing press around 1440 Johan Gutenberg Why was this important?  Could mass produce printed materials  People able to buy books  Increase literacy  People now better informed

41. Effects of the Renaissance What were the effects of the Renaissance? Changes in the arts reflect growth of humanism Peoples’ view of life changed Advances in printing made more information available – rise in literacy People begin to question authority  Religion  Political structures