1. Objectives:
Understand the characteristics of classical, medieval, and Renaissance art.
Learn from which period Renaissance artists were inspired.
Draw connections between Classical and Renaissance art and observe a complete dismissal of medieval art.

2. Why are we learning about art?
Art is…
Important in every society.
Portrays the daily lives of the people in that culture.
Shows what the people think is important, beautiful, and valid.
Expresses the emotions that the artists feel.
Provides decoration.

3. Rediscovering the Classical Tradition Through Art

4. Copy of Myron's Discobolus Roman marble sculpture 450 BCE
Classical
Copy of Myron's Discobolus Roman marble sculpture 450 BCE
Shows a man throwing a discus-a real life activity.
Pose is balanced.
Features are calm with no emotion.
Body is perfect and idealized.
Little sense of background

5. Medieval Subjects are mostly religious Figures are flat/stiff looking
Saints in paintings wore halos around their heads
Hieratic scale: representing the sizes of things according to their importance, rather than how they would appear in the real world.
Little emotion
No background or perspective

6. Renaissance Perspective
Subjects are mainly secular, but can be religious
Figures look idealized, but can also look like everyday ordinary people
Bodies are active
Clothed or unclothed
Faces are expressive
Detail
The School of Athens
Raphael, fresco, 1510
Vatican City

8. Plato: looks to the heavens
-or the IDEAL realm.
Painted as da Vinci
Aristotle: looks to this earth-the here and now.

9. Today you will act in the role of art expert to decipher the differences in Classical, Medieval, or Renaissance art.

10. Instructions:
You will examine each piece of art.
Using the handout that refers to the characteristics of each art period you will select the correct style of art.
Circle the correct time period
List all of the reasons you chose this time period-there should be a minimum of three reasons.

12. Title: Madonna and Child
with Two Angels
Artist: Filippo Lippi
Date: CE
Time Period: Renaissance
Although the theme is religious, the Madonna is painted as a real woman.
Clothing and furniture is ‘modern’.
“Hey! Look what I have!”

14. Title: Bathing Venus
Artist: Unnamed Roman Artist
Date: 3rd Century BCE
Time Period: Classical
No emotion.

16. Title: Venus and Adonis
Artist: Titian
Date: CE
Time Period: Renaissance
Pagan theme.
Perspective.
Modern techniques.
Emotion

18. Hierarchical scale Halos Flat Title: Madonna and Child Enthroned
Artist: Cimabue
Date: CE
Time Period: Medieval
Influenced by the Byzantine style
Hierarchical scale
Halos
Flat

20. Title: Grave Stele of Hegeso Artist: Unknown Greek Artist Date: BCE Style: Classical Lack of background. Classic Greek clothing. Greek architecture. Not much emotion.

22. Title: Bayeux Tapestry Tells a story.
Artist: Unknown Artist
Date: CE Dressed in Medieval
Time Period: Medieval clothing.

24. Title: Pieta
Artist: Michelangelo
Date: CE
Time Period: Renaissance
Mary is a real woman.
Wrought with emotion.

25. Give an example of how our objective was met:
Understand the characteristics of classical, medieval, and Renaissance art.
Learn from which period Renaissance artists were inspired.
Draw connections between Classical and Renaissance art and observe a complete dismissal of medieval art.

26. Reflection