WHATS SO GREAT ABOUT RENAISSANCE ART A COMPARISON

WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT RENAISSANCE ART? ! A COMPARISON OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ART

MEDIEVAL ART: WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?

OBSERVATIONS • The figures are flat, lacking dimension - Lighting is even • The figure’s body proportions and positioning is off • There is no landscape featured in the background • Expression is vague/ emotionless • Religious theme

RAPHAEL’S “SCHOOL OF ATHENS”: WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?

RENAISSANCE REALISM & TECHNIQUES • Artists wanted to make things look more realistic • They studied human anatomy to make people look more solid, display real emotions and appear in natural poses • This allows the viewer to connect with emotions of piece more Madonna & Child VS

PERSPECTIVE • Giving the appearance of distance on a flat surface - dimension

AND SOMETHING JUST FOR FUN… PROPORTION • A correct relation among parts - scale VS Why babies in Medieval paintings look like ugly old men https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v= x. Fc. F_qf. LHe. Q

USE OF LIGHT Shading: appears as if a light is focused on one point – adds dimension Blending: edges are soft - no hard lines

EMOTION VS

AND HERE’S HOW YOU’RE GOING TO REMEMBER ALL THIS STUFF… Perspective in Art https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=2 j. Uh 3 Qx. VJz. I

DA VINCI’S VITRUVIAN MAN Leonardo Da Vinci Mini Bio • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=nr. V 91 k. On-ao Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man of Math https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=a. Msa. FP 3 kgq. Q&noht ml 5=False

HOW DO WE MEASURE UP? • Length of arm span = height • Bellybutton to the point of the diagonally stretched arms/legs should draw perfect circle • Width of the shoulders x 4 = height • Elbow to the tip of the hand x 4 = height • Elbow to the armpit x 8 = height • From chin to the bottom of the nose & from between eyebrows to the hairline are equal. *Each of these is also equal to the height of the ears and to one-third of the face