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Renaissance Religious or other subjects based on patron’s wishes. Section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling painted by Michelangelo
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Art of the Middle Ages & Renaissance Art and Architecture change with the new era.
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Page 1: Art of the Middle Ages & Renaissance Art and Architecture change with the new era.

Art of the Middle Ages & Renaissance

Art and Architecture change with the new era.

Page 2: Art of the Middle Ages & Renaissance Art and Architecture change with the new era.

Middle Ages

Religious subjects, since the Church was the main art patron.

Christ the Saviour in the Tree of Life

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Renaissance

Religious or other subjects based on patron’s wishes.

Section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling painted by Michelangelo

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Middle Ages- Figures long and stiff

Mosaic showing Justinian with the bishop of Ravenna, bodyguards, and courtiers

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Renaissance

Figures rounded and realistic

part of Raphael's Madonna of the Pinks

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Middle AgesFigures grouped in unnatural geometric patterns.

Gottschalk of Orbais a medieval "Five Point Calvinist"

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RenaissanceFigures grouped in natural, realistic poses

Raphael “The School of Athens”

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Middle Ages

Faces show little or no emotion

Giotto: Madonna and child

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RenaissanceFaces showed joy, pain, etc.

Anguissola, “The Chess Game”

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Middle AgesBackgrounds were solid or patterned

“Book of Kells Christ Enthroned”

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RenaissanceNatural Backgrounds

Raphael’s “Young Woman with Unicorn”

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Middle Ages

Scenes appear flat

Athelstan, King of England from 924 or 925 to 939, presenting a book to St Cuthbert, chief saint of the English far north, the earliest surviving royal.

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Renaissance

Use of perspective to show depth

Part of Raphael’s “School of Athens”

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Middle Ages

Scenes have no clear light source

“Descent to Hell” by Duccio

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RenaissanceUse of light and shadow are realistic

Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa

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Middle AgesGothic architecture (especially for churches) tall and thin

Notre-Dame de Chartres, France

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RenaissanceBuildings “hugged the earth” and had columns, arches, and domes

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duoma)

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Middle AgesMost churches shaped like crosses

Abbey Church of St.-Denis near Paris

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Renaissance

Circular or square churches common

Baptistery of Florence by Brunelleschi

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Middle AgesHomes usually simple squares

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Renaissance

Homes built around courtyards


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