PRE-RENAISSANCE ART
PRE-RENAISSANCE ART
 Unrealistic twodimensional style
(religious theme).
 Stain Glass (twodimensional)
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GOTHIC
 Gothic Art is the style
of art typically rooted
in religious devotion,
it is especially known
for the distinctive
arched design of its
churches, its stained
glass, and its
illuminated
manuscripts.
 Its main form of
expression was
architecture
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
GOTHIC
GOTHIC
BYZANTINE ART
Byzantine art was
completely focused
on the needs of the
Orthodox church, in
the painting of icons
and the decoration
of churches with
frescoes and
mosaics.
BYZANTINE MOSAICS
A picture or
pattern
produced by
arranging
together small
colored pieces
of hard material,
such as stone,
tile, or glass.
GIOTTO DI BONDONE
Depth of Field
RAPHAEL’S
“BETROTHAL
OF THE
VIRGIN”
Chiaroscuro
Sfumato
SFUMATO
Sfumato means that
there are no
harsh outlines
present (as in a
coloring book).
Areas blend
into one
another through
miniscule
brushstrokes,
which makes
for a rather
hazy, albeit
more realistic,
depiction of
light and color.
DA VINCI’S PRACTICE
Sfumato – meaning ‘smoky’:
Da Vinci used this technique in his
paintings, which was a style of
depicting tone or light and
shadow. It created a highly
realistic impression of light,
although with a hint of dream -like
fantasy.
“Light and shade should blend
without lines or borders in the
manner of smoke.”
~ Leonardo Da
Vinci
PRE-RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE
Rigid, no movement, no
detail
Movement, detail
GUESS IF THE FOLLOWING
PIECES OF ART (1-10) ARE:
RENAISSANCE
OR
PRE-RENAISSANCE
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