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THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. An Introduction to the Renaissance. BACKGROUND. During the Middle Ages (3 rd -13 th Centuries) in Europe, art and learning were centered on the church and religion.

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THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

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  1. THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT An Introduction to the Renaissance

  2. BACKGROUND • During the Middle Ages (3rd-13th Centuries) in Europe, art and learning were centered on the church and religion. • Around the 14th C. people became less interested in thinking about God, Heaven, and the Saints, and more interested in thinking about themselves, their surroundings, and their everyday lives. • WHY?

  3. WHY???? • Famines • The Hundred Years War • The Plague • People lost faith in their religious beliefs.

  4. The “Rebirth” of What? • Scholars started to revisit the “classics”. • Think Greece and Rome. • People begin to study the “classical view” of government, philosophy, and art. • Remember the Crusades and the impression made by the Muslims and the Age of Exploration. • As trade increases, wealth flows in to Europe and you have an explosion of the arts and architecture. • WHY?

  5. The Rise of Humanism • The values and ideals popular during the European Renaissance can be described by the term secular humanism: secular, meaning notreligious and humanism, meaning placing the study and progress of human nature at the center of interests.

  6. Humanism Exemplified Through Art • The rise of Humanism during the Renaissance can be seen in paintings created by Renaissance artists. • We are going to learn how to tell the difference between paintings from the Renaissance and earlier works of art, just by looking for evidence in the paintings themselves.

  7. INSTRUCTIONS • students will look for specific clues to make judgments about whether a painting is a Renaissance painting or not.

  8. Madonna and Child in Glory(Jacopo di Cione) • What is the significance of the “halos”? • Why are the individuals different sizes? • Good example of Middle Ages Art.

  9. Miraculous Mass of St. Martin of Tours(Franconian School) • Compare the background to the painting that you just saw. • The gold in the first painting represents heaven. • What do you notice about the background of this picture?

  10. Madonna and Child with St. John(Giuliano Bugiardini) • Observations??? • How does the background differ? • The halos? • Use of “oil” paints make paintings look more realistic.

  11. Adoration of theShepherds (Giovanni Agostino da Lodi) • Compare to earlier paintings • Similarities? • Differences?

  12. Adorationof the Magi(Kress Monogramist) • Examine the buildings in the background very carefully. Do they look true to life? Why or why not? • Can the students tell which figures are ordinary people in this painting and which are saints?

  13. Bean Eater(Annibale Carracci) • While religious subjects remained popular during the Renaissance, for the first time in art history ordinary people also became worthy subjects for works of art.

  14. CONCLUSIONS • Answers may vary…

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