Medieval Art transforming into Renaissance Art
Medieval Art
Illuminated Manuscripts
Stained Glass, from
Cologne, GermanyChrist Giving the Keys to
Peter
StainedGlass
SainteChapelle, Paris,France
Statues North
TranseptChartres Cathedral
StatuesWest Door, Notre Dame
MosaicsJustinian and his court, Ravenna
Icons
Pre-RenaissanceThe Slow March toward
Realism
“Flat”Religious
Paintings of the late Middle
Ages• 2 dimensional
• Gold Background• Not realistic
• Not signed by the artist for many
centuries
An attempt at perspective:Duccio de
BuoninsegneMadonna and
Child Enthroned,
1285
Improved Perspective:
CimabueMadonna and
Child Enthroned with Angels approx 1280
Identification of the Artist:
Madonna and Child,
Bernardo Daddi, cir.
1335
An attempt at 3-D: late 1300s
Starting to show emotion: Simone MartiniAnnunciation with Saints Ansanus &
Maxima, 1333
Early Renaissance ArtFinally! Realism!
Giotto – The First Renaissance Painter
Birth of Christ
Scrovengi Chapel – 1303-5
Adoration of the Magi
Scrovengi
Chapel
Expulsion of the Money Changers from the Temple
ScrovengiChapel
Entry into Jerusalem
Scrovengi Chapel
Kiss of Judas
Scrovengi Chapel
Scrovengi (a.k.a. Arena) Chapel Padua, Italy
Masaccio – Pulling it all Together
Masaccio – Story of St. Peter(1426-28)
Tribute Money
Masaccio – Adam and EveBrancacci Chapel
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