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Evolution of Art: From Medieval Piety to Contemporary Diversity

Explore the progression of art from medieval religious themes to modern diversity, including Renaissance classics, Baroque grandeur, Neoclassical order, Romanticism's emotional revolt, Realism's truth-seeking, Impressionism's light play, and Contemporary experimental forms.

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Evolution of Art: From Medieval Piety to Contemporary Diversity

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  1. HUMANITIES PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS Review

  2. MEDIEVAL 800-1400 A.D. Art appealed to the emotions and stressed the importance of religion

  3. The central panel of Duccio'shuge Maestàaltarpiece for Siena Cathedral

  4. ROSE WINDOW—Notre Dame Cathedral

  5. ROMANESQUE Gothic

  6. RENAISSANCE1400-1600 • Tried to reconcile Christian faith and the new discoveries of science and philosophy • Rebirth of the Classical ideals of Ancient Greece and Rome • New freedom of thought based on reason instead of faith alone

  7. MICHELANGELOBuonarrotiDavidSistine ChapelPieta

  8. Leonardo Da VinciThe Last Supper Mona Lisa

  9. BAROQUE 1580-1700 • Rejected the limits of the previous styles • Used to restore the power of the monarchy and the church • Excess, Ornamentation, Contrast, Tension and Energy

  10. Michelangelo merisiCaravaggioThe Calling of Saint Matthew

  11. Rembrandt van RijnThe Night Watch

  12. Neoclassicism/Classical 1720-1827 • Reacted to the excesses of the monarchy and ornamentation of the Baroque • Return to order, reason, and structural clarity in artwork

  13. Jacques-Louis DavidThe Death of Marat The Oath of the Horatii

  14. Thomas Jefferson

  15. ROMANTICISM 1760-1870 • Artists revolted against Neoclassical order and reason. • They returned to the beauty of nature, Freedom, emotion, sentimentality, and spontaneity were prized over logic and reason. • Their imagination to create works about exotic, patriotic, primitive, and supernatural subjects.

  16. John Constable The haywain The Cornfield

  17. Francisco GoyaThe Third of May The sleep of reason produces monsters

  18. REALISM 1820-1920 • Realism seeks the truth. • Artists found beauty in the commonplace. • They focused on the Industrial Revolution and the conditions of the working class.

  19. Edouard ManetPortrait of Emilie Ambre as Carmen The bar at Folies=Bergere

  20. Gustave CourbetThe Stone Breakers Burial at Ornans

  21. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism(1850–1920) • Impressionism • primarily a visual art movement begun by a group of artists in France who started exhibiting their work in the 1860s. • The Impressionist style shows the effects of light and atmospheric conditions in artworks that spontaneously capture a moment of time. • Post-Impressionism • exclusive to visual art. • Post-Impressionists used the art elements to express reality in different ways, expanding the ideas of Impressionism while rejecting the limitations.

  22. Claude Monet Impression, Sunrise The Bridge over the Water-Lily Pond

  23. Mary CassattThe Bath The Boating Party

  24. Auguste Rodin The ThinkerThe Burghers of Calais

  25. Vincent Van GoghSelf Portrait with Bandaged Ear The Starry Night

  26. Modern and Contemporary • Modern and Contemporary art forms break with or redefine the conventions of the past. • Artists use experimental techniques. • Artworks show the diversity of society and the blending of cultures as technological advances bring us closer together.

  27. Pablo PicassoLes DesmoisellesD’Avignon The Three Musicians

  28. Salvador dali--surrealismThe Persistence of Memory Untitled

  29. Frank Lloyd wrightFalling Water Guggenheim Museum

  30. Georgia O’KeefeCow’s Skull with Calico Roses oriental Poppies

  31. Dorthea Lange Migrant Mother

  32. Andy WarholSelf Portrait Marilyn Monroe tableau

  33. Jacob LawrenceForward Brownstones

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