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Art and Culture Renaissance Mannerism Baroque
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Medieval art
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Art Reflects and Reacts
Why does art change? Art Reflects and Reacts to LIFE! Fall of the Byzantine Empire The Black Plague Reformation
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Society in the Renaissance
Feudalism - Hierarchy Famine and disease – bubonic plague Gutenberg printing press Patronage of the arts – Medici, Pope Julius II and Pope Leo X Women and Childhood Legacy textbook – Pages 21-26 Question
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Humanism Influx of scholars of antiquity from Constantinople
Curriculum of a “humanist” (teacher) was rhetoric, grammar, poetry, history and moral philosophy (ethics) Merchant class established Florence, Italy (1450 onwards) Ancient ideals
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Can you spot the differences? Which one is the Medieval painting?
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Boticelli’s Primavera, 1480
Attributes of Renaissance Art Return to the Greek and Roman Classical style Proportions/balance Linear perspective- realism New paint – oil! Humanism-emotion The ideal Pyramid compositions Boticelli’s Primavera, 1480
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Cranach the Elder The Last Supper, 1547 Donatello The Penitent Magdalene,
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Northern Renaissance: Outside of Italy
~1500 onwards Albrecht Dürer The Four Apostles, 1526 Gothic influence Secular Humanism Landscapes Reformation Brought religious art almost to a complete end
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Stars of the Renaissance
Sfumato and Chiaroscuro Leonardo Da Vinci
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Michelangelo Pieta, 1499 Adam, Sistine Chapel, 1511
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Art during the Reformation and Counter Reformation
Mannerism ( ) Baroque Protestant viewpoint Catholic viewpoint Council of Trent
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Reformation and Counter Reformation
Protestant viewpoint Catholic viewpoint Humans are made in God’s image. Therefore, all scenes of secular life are valid subjects for art Portraits Iconoclastic movements Glorify God through the beauty of his creations Council of Trent (1563) Focus on religious scenes and allegories Veneration paid to the person him/herself and not the image. Images realistic – nothing confusing or decorative
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Mannerism Exaggerated poses, in unrealistic settings
Parmigianino's Madonna of the Long Neck Exaggerated poses, in unrealistic settings More emotional approach to art with a sometimes distorted point of view Elegance Mystery, aloofness Flaw for perfection Two Mannerist Portraits
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Unnatural pose! Michelangelo Ignudo, Sistine Chapel ceiling El Greco
Adoration of the Shepards, 1605 Unnatural pose!
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Bernini Baroque Emotion Chiaroscuro and Tenebriso Movement Natural
Diagonal, “X” compositions Two paintings in the Baroque era
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Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1665 Carravaggio Entombment,
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Compare and Contrast Venn diagram
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Important Terms Linear perspective Iconoclasm Sfumato Tempera Humanism
Foreshortening Mannerism Baroque Naturalism, Realism Secular Chiaroscuro Tenebriso Based on the work of Amy Sohn
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