Renaissance Art Changing Ideas

The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein • Look at the painting on your desk with your

partner and answer these questions 1. What purpose does this painting serve? 2. What can we learn about the society in which this

was painted? 3. How realistic is this painting? 4. What design elements do you notice in the

painting? 5. What can this painting tell us about how ideas were

changing in Europe?

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In your notebook copy down this chart: LEAVE plenty of room for notes!

Medieval Art

Medieval Architecture

Medieval Literature

What do we know about Medieval Art from this painting?

Medieval Art

What do we know about Medieval Art from this painting?

What do we know about Medieval Art from this painting?

Medieval Art -Halo’s -Religious Art -Larger people mean they are more significant -No landscape in the background - Proportions of people are off

Medieval Architecture

Medieval Literature

Notre Dame

Medieval sculpture- Notre Dame

Medieval Art -Halo’s -Religious Art -Larger people mean they are more significant -No landscape in the background - Proportions of people are off

Medieval Architecture -Flying Buttress -Gothic -Windows -Sculptures were “cookie cutter” all looked the same

Medieval Literature

• Beowulf is an Old English epic poem. It is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature.

• It was written in England some time between the 8th[3][4] and the early 11th century.

• The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet.

• The Canterbury Tales consists of the stories related by the 29 pilgrims on their way to Saint Thomas Becket’s shrine in Canterbury. Harry Bailey, the Host, had proposed a scheme in the General Prologue whereby each pilgrim was to narrate two tales on the way to Canterbury and two more while returning.

Medieval Art -Halo’s -Religious Art -Larger people mean they are more significant -No landscape in the background - Proportions of people are off

Medieval Architecture -Flying Buttress -Gothic -Windows -Sculptures were “cookie cutter” all looked the same

Medieval Literature -Long epic poems -Latin -Illuminations -Religious

Renaissance Art, Architecture, and Literature

Characteristics of Renaissance Art

• Mathematics applied to art – Proportions – Perspective

• Revival of mythological characters (Greek and Roman Gods)

• Architecture from Greece and Rome used in the painting

• Landscape

MADONNA OF CHANCELLOR ROLIN - VAN EYCK (PARIS, FRANCE @ LOUVRE)

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Linear perspective

Linear perspective

Linear perspective

Characteristics of Renaissance Architecture

• Domes • Columns • Greek and Roman Sculptures • Different stance (fluidity and

motion) • More human • Beautiful human form

David – Donatello

The dome of Florence Cathedral (the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) – Brunelleschi

Characteristics of Renaissance Literature

• Less religious • Written in

common language

• Printing Press made literature more available

Writing Assignment

• Answer the following question: – Which type of European art was more religious,

Renaissance or Medieval art? Why?

– Remember: • UNDERLINE YOUR STANCE • HIGHLIGHT YOUR 2 PIECES OF EVIDENCE!!!