Middle Ages and Renaissance Art

Questions to Consider As you study the paintings, answer the following questions… What do you see? What is the story in the painting? Try to interpret it: What is the artist trying to tell us?

As you study the paintings, answer the following questions…

What do you see?

What is the story in the painting?

Try to interpret it: What is the artist trying to tell us?

Middle Ages Art

“ Madonna and Child” by Cimabue

Middle Ages Artist and Title Unknown What do you notice about the perspective in this painting? What does that tell us about when it was created?

Middle Ages Art continued What does this tell us about life in the Middle Ages?

Middle Ages “Garden on Earth” by Bosch

Intro to Renaissance Art-Three Values Value of the individual. Love of classical learning. Revived love and interest in Greek and Roman ideas. Worldly pleasures.

Value of the individual.

Love of classical learning. Revived love and interest in Greek and Roman ideas.

Worldly pleasures.

A Classical Greek Sculpture Review: What were some characteristics of Classical Greek art?

Renaissance sculpture Michelangelo’s “David” What similarities do you seen between this Renaissance sculpture and the previous Greek sculpture?

As time goes on…. “Tribute Money” by Masaccio. (Scene from the Bible)

Renaissance (look at Adam & Eve)

“Adoration of the Shepherds”

“Alba Madonna” by Raphael

“ Mona Lisa” by Leonardo Da Vinci Why is this so famous?

Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”

Quick Review What do you notice so far about Renaissance paintings? How are Renaissance paintings and Middle Ages paintings different? Are they similar in any ways?

What do you notice so far about Renaissance paintings?

How are Renaissance paintings and Middle Ages paintings different? Are they similar in any ways?

Sistine Chapel painting by Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel cont… The Creation of Adam

Michelangelo's “Pieta” Who do you think this is? What makes it great?

Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Heart” Curiosity in invention and how the human body works. Renaissance Interest in Science.

Conclusion Influence of the Renaissance Science and Technology Appreciation of Beauty Value of the Individual Classical Learning-Value of Education Appreciation of Material Goods