Humanism in ArtUNIT 2: RENAISSANCE EUROPE

LEQ:How did humanism influence Renaissance art and distinguish it from Medieval art?

Drill:

What is humanism? The Harvesters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

Differences in ArtMEDIEVAL PERIOD

1. Stressed world beyond everyday life

2. Mostly religious

3. Served a purpose (reminders of importance of God)

4. Flat in appearance, lacked realism; figures were not proportionate

5. Egg tempera based paint

RENAISSANCE PERIOD

1. Created realistic scenes and images = Realism

2. Used linear perspective = added depth; 3D feel

3. Depicted everyday life; focus on nature and beauty

4. Use of light and shadows

5. Oil based paint

Madonna and Child in GloryJacopa di Cione, 1360-65

•a very early example of Renaissance painting, containing many of the characteristics of paintings from the Middle Ages

•the pairs of saints and angels around the upper border of the painting are smaller than the Madonna and child in the center

•this is called hieratic scale, which means making the most important figures in a work of art larger than less important figures

Miraculous Mass of St. Martin of Tours

Franconian School, 1440

•Compare the background in this painting to the background in the painting they just saw

•artists in the Renaissance were less interested in heaven and much more interested in what the world around them looked like

•Did this artist use Hieratic scale? Where are the figures in this painting? Do their surroundings look true to life? Why or why not?

Madonna and Child withSt. John

Guiliano Bugiardini, 1510

•Do these figures wear halos?

•Describe the landscape surrounding these figures.

• Is the landscape heavenly or earthly?

•In this painting, the holy family of the Madonna and baby Jesus with St. John live in the same world as ordinary people.

•Oil paint allowed artists to build up layers of paint that light could shine through, and allowed artists to represent light in a more believable way

Adoration of the Shepherds Giovanni Agostino da Lodi, 1510

•Examine the buildings in the background carefully.

Do they look true to life? Why or why not.

•Mathematical formulas that allowed artists to represent space in paintings in a very believable way were invented during the Renaissance. We call this accurate perspective.

Bean Eater Annibale Carracci,

1582-1583

• this painting was made later in the

• Renaissance than any of the others

• for the first time in art history ordinary people also became worthy subjects for works of art