"Rebirth": Renaissance Art and Architecture

• Art reflects what is important in society.

• Think about the art you see around Savannah, what is it about?

• Art can be used for many reasons:

• To beautify, to teach, to honor, and to propagandize.

The Major Eras of European Art

• Figures look idealized, perfect

• Scenes show everyday life or myths

• No real background or sense of perspective

• bodies look active

• Most art is religious (Christian)

• Figures are flat and stiff with no real movement

• Important figures can be larger

• no emotions

• flat, monochromatic backgrounds, no perspective

• Both religious and non -religious

• Figures appear idealized, perfect

• Bodies are active

• Real people doing real tasks

• Face show emotion, how they are feeling

• Realistic backgrounds with nature and balance

• During the Renaissance, Classical art styles were "reborn."

• But they weren't always exactly copied.

• Renaissance art cares more about emotion, nature and backgrounds than most Classical art.

• Classical art was also never Christian (Christianity either didn't exist or was very new)