Classical, Medieval, or Renaissance Art

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Classical, Medieval, or Renaissance Art

• Which period is it from?

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Artwork A
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Renaissance Period (1406 C.E.)

• Madonna and Child with Two Angels
• Filippo Lippi, Italian painter
• Mary seated with two angels holding her baby
  Jesus
• Very lifelike figures and expressive faces
• Colors responding to light
• Background shows perspective as it extends far
  into the distance
• Religious subject

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Artwork B
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Classical Period (3rd Century B.C.E)

• Bathing Venus
• Unknown Roman Artist, marble sculpture
• Made as a copy of a Greek bronze statue
• Venus, the goddess of love and beauty (nude)
• Expresses a serenity (calm) and balance that
  ancient Greeks thought was ideal

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Artwork C
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Renaissance Period (1482 C.E.)

• Primavera
• Sandro Botticelli, paint on wood panel
• Mythological version of the coming of spring.
  Primavera means spring in Italian
• Aphrodite (goddess of beauty and love) at center,
  Hermes (messenger of gods) at left.
• Set in a beautiful garden showing a fascination
  in nature

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Artwork D
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Medieval Period (1280 C.E.)

• Madonna and Child in Majesty
• Italian artist Cimabue, paint on wood panel
• 12 foot altar piece
• Mary and Jesus sitting on a large elegant throne
• Faces are serious with little feeling
• Figures are 2-dimensional, or flat

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Artwork E
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Classical Period (c. 400 B.C.E.)

• Grave Stele of Hegeso
• Unknown Greek artist, Marble sculpture c.
  400 B.C.E.
• Made for a wealthy womans grave, she sits in a
  chair examining jewelry brought to her by her
  servant
• Smooth and calm faces and poses balanced

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Artwork F
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Renaissance Period (c. 1475 C.E.)

• Pieta
• Michelangelo, marble sculpture
• Mary holds Jesus in her lap after crucifixion
• Facial expressions are both sad and painful
• Both Mary and Jesus are young and beautiful, both
  realistic and idealized. Mary would have been
  much older.

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Credits Artwork A Galleria degli Uffizi,
Florence, Italy/Bridgeman Art Library Artwork
B Scala/Art Resource, NY Artwork C Galleria
degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy/Alinari/Art
Resource, NY. Artwork D Musee du Louvre,
Paris/Photo by Gerard Blot/Reunion des Musees
Nationaux/Art Resource, NY. Artwork E
Nimatallah/Art Resource, NY. Artwork F St.
Peters Basilica, Vatican State, Rome/Scala/Art
Resource, NY.