RENAISSANCE ARTVS.

MEDIEVAL ART

SCALE/PROPORTIONMiddle Ages

Hieratic Scale- Most important things are largere.g.God is bigger than saints, saints are bigger than people RenaissanceNormal scale- e.g. the king is the same size as everyone else

Hieratic scale

HIERATIC SCALE

NORMALSCALE

Giovanni Agostino da Lodi Adoration of the Shepherds About 1505

MEDIEVAL ART

Background is unimportant

Background is generic

Heaven is symbolised by gold

Renaissance Art

Background is ImportantBackground is realisticBackground is usuallyEarthly rather than Heavenly= influence Of humanism

PERSPECTIVE AND PROPORTION

Perspective is the technique used to represent a three-dimensional world (what we see) on a two-dimensional surface (a piece of paper or canvas) so it that looks realistic and accurate, as we see it in nature.

Perspective is used to create an illusion of space and depth on a flat surface

Proportion is a principle of art that describes the size, location or amount of one thing to another

MEDIEVAL ART

Bodies out of proportion

Different perspectives Mixed together

RENAISSANCE ART

MEDIEVAL ART Subjects were religious

RENAISSANCE ARTStill have religious subjectsBut now much more Secular

WHY did the Subjects change?

Medieval Patrons were mainly the Church

Renaissance Patrons were often rich merchants and nobles who wanted pictures of themselves or things that interested them

Humanism encouraged Appreciation of the natural worldAnd the study of Classical art

RENAISSANCE ART

First nudes since Classical times First freestanding statue since Classical

times Humanism celebrates the individual-in

Renaissance paintings people all look different

Oil painting was discovered (vs. tempura) this allowed the painting to be worked on longer (dried slower), show different layers of colour/light

NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART

Medieval style and worldview remained longer in the North

Did not have Classical history and ruins around them so Humanism became more concerned with Church reform

Known for technique, detail, and colour/light

Geography affected materials- little marble, frescoes

Portraits, domestic scenes, natural world Symbolism, fantasy and moral

undertones

What is the differences between medieval and renaissance art?

What is the difference between Northern and Italian renaissance art?

ASSIGNMENTChoose a subject/idea On one page draw a medieval style picture

and explain the techniques you used On another page draw a renaissance style

picture and explain the techniques you used

You can use the computer to create graphics if you don’t want to draw

Example

Medieval Proportion Religious Subject

RENAISSANCE IndividualFacesProper Proportion