The Renaissance

1. Monsters and demons were incorporated into the architecture
2. Modern art was born at the end of the Northern Renaissance
3. In the early Italian renaissance there were religious paintings and art, but things became less 2-D than in the middle ages
4. da Vinci wants to experiment with images
• Wanted to go against the traditional styles and come up with his own ideas
• He looked at people and real life and not into the history in the bible
• Portraits became big in this time period - portraits of all kinds of people not just people of high social standing
5. Artists are exploring new ideas
• They follow new ideas and mythologies outside of the bible
• Paintings and sculptures were modeled after more classical things that had been recently discovered
6. The church was concerned because Europe was brought into religious confusion due to the protestant reformation
• Luther posted the 95 theses - they made his disagreement with the roman catholic church public
• In England, Henry VIII is angered by the pope who will not consent to his divorce
7. Hieronymous Bosch
8. Spain was set to become the new center of Europe
9. Philip collected paintings by Bosch - Bosch was an eccentric unorthodox artist
10. The point of medieval art was not meant to be complicated, it was meant to warn you; Renaissance art makes people really look at the art piece. It challenged you to understand and comprehend the story behind the art.