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Renaissance Art Comparison & Contrast: Freedom in Secular Perspectives

Explore the purpose of Renaissance art in contrast to medieval norms, emphasizing secular perspectives that challenged religious control. Learn about humanism, math, and science influences, and the significance of art in social and political contexts during the Renaissance period.

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Renaissance Art Comparison & Contrast: Freedom in Secular Perspectives

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  1. Renaissance Art

  2. Compare & Contrast These Paintings

  3. PURPOSE OF ART • Provided escape from: 1) The drudgery of Medieval life 2) The control of the Catholic Church • Art often depicted religious scenes, but posed new, SECULAR perspectives (Evidence of the attitudes at the time!) SECULAR: Worldly, rather than religious focus

  4. Renaissance Art • Art represented HUMANISM and applied concepts of MATH and SCIENCE People viewed the consumption of art as a form of competition for social & political status!

  5. IN OTHER WORDS… = POPULARITY & POWER OWNING ART

  6. Renaissance Art Patrons • Buyers of art who commissioned (financed) projects were known as _______________. • The biggest patron was the Roman Catholic Church

  7. PATRONS • The most famous individual patrons were the Medici Family of Florence Lorenzo the Magnificent Cosimo de Medici

  8. Characteristics of Renaissance Art 1. Geometric Figures (MATH) Emphasis on Individualism (HUMANISM) 2.

  9. Characteristics of Renaissance Art vertical horizontal 3. PERSPECTIVE (3 – Dimensional)

  10. FAMOUS ARTISTS OF THE RENAISSANCE The “Ninja Turtle” artists

  11. Key Players in Renaissance Art Leonardo da Vinci 1) _______________________ Mona Lisa Last Supper

  12. Mona LisaORLeonardo?

  13. Key Players in Renaissance Art • ____________________ Did THIS David REALLY slay Goliath? Donatello DAVID

  14. Key Players in Renaissance Art Michelangelo 1) _______________________ Pieta David

  15. MICHELANGELO Sistine Chapel Ceiling 1508 - 1512

  16. MICHELANGELO Last Judgment

  17. Key Players in Renaissance Art Raphael School of Athens 1) _______________ Plato Aristotle

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