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Medieval Art

Medieval Art. Transition from Greek, to Roman, to Middle Ages. Greek Idealism. Roman Realism. Middle Ages Religious. General Notes on Medieval Art. From the 13 th Century to the 15 th Century almost all art was paid for by the Church. Generalizations: Lacks depth or perspective

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Medieval Art

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  1. Medieval Art

  2. Transition from Greek, to Roman, to Middle Ages Greek Idealism Roman Realism Middle Ages Religious

  3. General Notes on Medieval Art • From the 13th Century to the 15th Century almost all art was paid for by the Church. • Generalizations: • Lacks depth or perspective • Figures are stiff and elongated • Facial expressions lack emotion • Background frequently a solid color

  4. Madonna EnthronedGiovanni Cimabue 1280-90

  5. Madonna Enthroned Duccio c. 1285

  6. Giotto • Student of Cimabue • Breaks with medieval style • New volume and vitality for figures • Drapery falls naturally • Throne more believable space • Some medieval characteristics • Gold haloes • Inconsistent scale Madonna Enthroned

  7. Duccio Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin, Maestra Altar 1308-11

  8. Giotto di Bondone • Giotto was the most important Italian painter of the 14th century • Father of European painting • First of the great Italian masters from Florence

  9. Giotto • Arena Chapel in Padua • Frescoes • Life of the Virgin, Life of Christ, Passion of Christ

  10. Giotto

  11. Giotto • Eyes rest on action, they do not move around • 3-dimensional reality • Figures, rather than architecture, create the space Giotto, Lamentation 1305-06

  12. Giotto vs. Duccio Duccio Christ Entering Jerusalem Giotto Christ Entering Jerusalem

  13. Annunciation Simon Martini, 1333

  14. Les Tres Riches Heures • Limbourg Brothers (Paul, Hermann & Jean) • Painted 1413 – 1416 • Example of a Medieval Book of Hours • Shows differences between peasants and aristocracy

  15. February • Winter in a peasant village. The inhabitants of a farm are shown warming themselves by the fire, while in the background daily life - cutting wood, taking cattle to the market - goes on as normal. • Earliest snow scene in the history of western art

  16. August • The month of hawking; the nobles, carrying falcons, are going hunting while in the background peasants are harvesting and swimming in the river. • Behind them is the Chateau d'Etampes.

  17. September • Probably the most famous of the calendar images. • The grapes are being harvested by the peasants and carried into the beautifully detailed Chateau de Saumur.

  18. October • Tilling and sowing are being carried out by the peasants, in the shadow of the Louvre - Charles V's royal palace in Paris. • The first cast shadows since ancient Greek art

  19. November • This is the only calendar image executed by Colombe (an apprentice) • The picture shows the autumn acorn harvest, with a peasant throwing sticks to knock down the acorns on which his pigs are feeding.

  20. Jesus Morph

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