1. Analyzing Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Art Objective: You will compare classical, medieval, and Renaissance art to see how classical traditions were revived during the Renaissance.

3. Characteristics: Perfect, ideal figures Bodies look active Bodies nude or dressed in togas No emotion on faces Scenes show heroes or people doing real tasks of daily life Little background or sense of perspective (when distant objects look small and far) Introduction to Classical Art

4. Discobolus by Myron c. 450 B.C Man throwing discus Designed to celebrate Olympic victory Athletic skills important for Greeks Balanced in the midst of action Strong body arranged to create harmonious shape Represents ideal man in Greek society

6. Characteristics: Subjects mostly religious Figures look flat and stiff with little real movement Important figures are large Fully clothed, draped in deeply carved, stiff-looking clothes Faces show little emotion Paintings use vibrant colors Flat, painted figures Backgrounds are 1 color, no realistic space Introduction to Medieval Art

7. Narthex Tympanum A.D. 1120 Sculpture fits into an arching space over the entrance doors to a church in France Jesus in center, sending apostles (side of him) all over the world to preach People surrounding them are people waiting for preachers Jesus is largest and most important Bodies are not realistic

9. Characteristics: Subjects religious and non-religious Figures look ideal and perfect Bodies active and moving Fully clothed or nude Real people doing real tasks Expressive faces Paintings use natural colors Interest in nature Backgrounds are full and have perspective Paintings are symmetrical (balanced on both sides) Introduction to Renaissance Art

10. School of Athens by Rafael A.D. 1510 Decorates 1 whole wall of a room in the pope’s palace in Rome Pictures great thinkers of Greece Figures in motion Plato and Aristotle stand at the center of painting Classic architecture Uses perspective Symmetrical