all about Renaissance Art

1. BY AKASH IJAZ

2.  Renaissance – means “rebirth” in French. This was a time
period following the middle ages that lasted from the 1300-
1500s in the italian city of florence.
 Renaissance is a period of revival in classical learning
characterized by a sharp increase in secular values and
increased interest in learning the classics.

3. Characteristics of Renaissance Art
- Artists showed religious and nonreligious scenes
-Art reflected a great interest in nature
- Figures were lifelike and three-dimensional
-Bodies looked active and were shown moving
-Scenes showed real people doing everyday tasks
-Faces expressed what people were thinking
-Paintings were often symmetrical
-Full backgrounds showed perspective

4. Early renaissance art
 Early Renaissance pieces focused on Humanism where
everyday people could be subject.
 Beginning of perspective.
Characteristics
-Figures had depth and reality
-Naturalistic details
-Naturalistic light source

5. Early Renaissance Painting and
Sculpture in Italy:
Generally painted in frescoes
Very little depth and pigment
More interested in architecture and space versus
objects reflecting the story – less cluttered

6. Early Renaissance Art in the North:
Generally painted with oil
Oil on wood – thin layers of oil created a
luminescent surface with depth and glow
Iconography – objects in the piece help to tell its
story
More complex compositions with many objects

7. High renaissance art
 Flourished for about 35 years, from the early 1490s to 1527 focused on self-confident
Humanism .With the invention and use of the printing press, there was a greater spread of
ideas, and artists could sell prints of their work. Travel also increased during the High
Renaissance; therefore, art became more international.
Characteristics:
Halos gone
More naturalism
Definite light source (shadows, three-dimensional)
Sense of stability and order (static compositions)
Commissions from private sources

8. High renaissance art
 Michelangelo prescribed to “Neo-Platonism,” which says God
put the sculpture within the rock and that the artist must
uncover it, good art comes from divine inspiration and beauty is
a path to salvation.
 Raphael created works that perfectly expressed the classical
spirit—harmonious, beautiful, and serene.
 Leonardo, another High Renaissance artist, began to create deep
paintings with spatial illusions, which will be more prevalent in
the Baroque period.

9. Leonardo Da Vinci – a great painter, sculptor,
architect, scientist and engineer.

10. Leonardo Da Vinci
 The first scientist to perform human dissections of the
body to study anatomy.
 Painted very realistic pictures such as the Mona Lisa
and Last Supper.
 Drew the first sketches of man in flight using wings.
 Sketched plants and animals.

11. Last supper

12. Mona Lisa

13. Medival arts
BY NAYAB GHOUS

14. Introduction
 The Catholic Church held a great deal of power during
the middle ages and a result financed most of the art
project during this era.
 The location of this art movement was in Europe.
 Artists were paid to decorate churches and create
religious related pieces for the public to enjoy.

15. Middle Ages

16. Forms of Medivel Art
The three main art forms include:-
 Architecture
 Mosaic
 Fresco

17. Architecture
o Medieval architecture was known as “Gothic
Architecture” is a style
of architecture used in
western Europe in the
middle ages.
o It began in France in the
12th century.

18. Religious architecture
The Medival period had seen a rapid growth in monasticism
with several different orders and being prevalent and
spreading influence widely.

19. Medieval Churches
Architecture played a very important role fo
the church in Medievel.
The more splended the architecture the more
the church believed it was praising God.
Medievel churches and cthedrals were superbly
built.

20. Romanesque Period
The style of architecture that was in vogue was known as
Romanesque because it copied the pattern and proportion of
the architecture of the Roman empire.

21. Fresco
o The technique of painting on a moist, plaster
surface with color from
ground up.
o Giotto- A famous Italian
fresco painter.

22. Mosaic
o An art technique that creates pictures out of ll pieces of
stone or
glass.
o It is a technique of
decorative art or
interior decoration.