analyzing classical, medieval, and renaissance art objective: you will compare classical, medieval,...
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Analyzing Classical, Medieval, and
Renaissance Art
Objective: You will compare classical, medieval, and Renaissance art to see how classical traditions were revived during the Renaissance.
Characteristics:
• Perfect, ideal figures• Bodies look active• Bodies nude or dressed in togas• No emotion on faces• Scenes show heroes or people doing real tasks of
daily life• Little background or sense of perspective (when
distant objects look small and far)
Introduction to Classical Art
Discobolus by Myron c. 450 B.C
• Man throwing discus• Designed to celebrate Olympic
victory• Athletic skills important for
Greeks• Balanced in the midst of action• Strong body arranged to
create harmonious shape• Represents ideal man in Greek
society
Characteristics:
• Subjects mostly religious• Figures look flat and stiff with little real movement• Important figures are large• Fully clothed, draped in deeply carved, stiff-looking
clothes• Faces show little emotion• Paintings use vibrant colors• Flat, painted figures• Backgrounds are 1 color, no realistic space
Introduction to Medieval Art
Narthex Tympanum A.D. 1120
• Sculpture fits into an arching space over the entrance doors to a church in France
• Jesus in center, sending apostles (side of him) all over the world to preach
• People surrounding them are people waiting for preachers
• Jesus is largest and most important
• Bodies are not realistic
Characteristics:
• Subjects religious and non-religious• Figures look ideal and perfect• Bodies active and moving• Fully clothed or nude• Real people doing real tasks• Expressive faces• Paintings use natural colors• Interest in nature• Backgrounds are full and have perspective• Paintings are symmetrical (balanced on both sides)
Introduction to Renaissance Art