Renaissance BeginsClassical, Medieval, and Renaissance Art

Classical Art➢ Lasted from 500 BCE to 500 CE➢ Sculptures, pottery, murals, and mosaics➢ Purpose: show the importance of people and leaders, as

well as gods and goddesses➢ Lifelike; more perfect than real life➢ Bodies looked active and motion was believable ➢ In paintings, there was little background or sense of

perspective

Classical Art

Roman copy of Myron’s Discobolus Marble

Sculpture (circa 450 BCE)

Medieval Art➢ Lasted from 500 to 1300 CE➢ Stained glass windows, sculptures, illuminated

manuscripts, paintings, and tapestries➢ Intended to teach religion to people who could not read or write➢ Important people larger size in the art➢ Stiff with little sense of movement, serious, very little emotion➢ Backgrounds were mostly one color (often gold)

Medieval Art

Narthex Tympanum Sculpture 110 CE

Renaissance Art➢ Lasted from 1300s to early 1600s CE➢ Sculptures, murals, drawings, and paintings (everything)➢ Meant to show the importance of people and nature, not just religion➢ Art reflected a great interest in nature➢ Figures were lifelike and three-dimensional reflecting an increasing

knowledge of anatomy➢ Scenes showed real people doing everyday tasks➢ Faces expressed what people were thinking➢ Full background showed perspective

Renaissance Art

The School of Athens by Raphael

Mural 1510 CE

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Madonna and Child with Two Angels by Filippo Lippi

Tempera on Panel 1406 CE

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Bathing Venus by an unknown Roman artist

Marble sculpture Circa 3rd Century BCE

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Madonna and Child in Majesty by Cimabue

Tempera paint on wood panel

Circa 1280 CE

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Pieta by Michelangelo Marble sculpture circa 1475 CE

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Man With a Glove by Titian

Painting 1522 CE

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Book Cover Plaque with Christ in Majesty by an unknown artist

Gold carving Circa 1185 CE