Middle Ages vs Renaissance Create a chart or

Middle Ages vs. Renaissance • Create a chart or graphic organizer in your notebook to compare and contrast characteristics of art in the Middle Ages with art in the Renaissance MIDDLE AGES SIMILARITIES RENAISSANCE

How to Analyze Art… • Determine subject matter – i. e. What type of person is this painting portraying? Athlete? Religious figure? • Use proper adjectives… – Detailed or not? – Realistic or not? • Improper adjectives that you should stay away from… – Good – Bad – Ugly – Whether you like the painting or not

Middle Ages Art “Madonna and Child” -From The Book of Kells

“Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)”- Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa or Leonardo? ?

Leonardo’s Sketches An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature. “Many Sided Genius” -Artist -Architect -Sculptor -Engineer -Scientist -Inventor

Leonardo the Scientist Anatomy from his Sketchbook

“David” -Michelangelo

Michelangelo’s DETAIL!

“School of Athens” -Raphael http: //www. newbanner. com/About. Pic/athena/raphael/nbi_ath 4. html

“Birth of Venus” -Sandro Botticelli

“Game of Chess” -Sofonisba Anguissola

1. Realism, Detail, and Expression “Expulsion from the Garden” by Masaccio

2. Emphasis on Individualism “The Duke and Dutchess of Urbino” –Piero della Francesca

3. Focus on Classical Greece and Rome MA HU M NIS IN DI VID UA LIS M SE CU L AR ISM AN M RO CE CO EN E U GR NFL I

4. Perspective! Perspective! 3 D!

Which is most similar to the modern painting? MODERN ART And Why? ? ? RENAISSANCE ART MIDDLE AGES ART

• Now with your knowledge of characteristics of Renaissance Art, fill in any other important differences between the Renaissance and the Middle Ages on your T -Chart