Mediaeval PeriodMediaeval Period

►Medi - middle Medi - middle ►-aeval / eval (Am E) – age / era-aeval / eval (Am E) – age / era►Between what and what?Between what and what?►The The Middle Ages – Europe 900ish - Middle Ages – Europe 900ish -

1400ish1400ish

RenaissanceRenaissance

►Re – again Re – again ►Naissance – birthNaissance – birth►Rebirth of what?Rebirth of what?►What other renaissances do we talk What other renaissances do we talk

about?about?►The The Renaissance – Europe, from Renaissance – Europe, from

1350ish to 1600ish; starts in Italy1350ish to 1600ish; starts in Italy

Middle Ages to RenaissanceMiddle Ages to Renaissance

►A change in perceptionA change in perception►A change in World-ViewA change in World-View►A change in KnowledgeA change in Knowledge

Illuminated page from the Book of Kells, ca 800 CE

Page from Gutenberg Bible printed 1455

Ancient Roman script on Trajan’s Column

Italic script (printed) Venice 1527

Mediaeval medical teaching aid

Da Vinci drawing of unborn child

The Tryst Tree

The Arnolfini Wedding –

Jan van Eyck

A Bohemian Madonna, St Vitus

Cathedral, Prague

The “Cowper” Madonna, Raphael

Gothic groin vaults, C13

The Duomo, Florence

The Mediaeval Cosmos

Copernican S

ystem

Faces from C12

A C16 face

Discussion Time (small Discussion Time (small groups):groups):

►Thinking about what you have seen, how Thinking about what you have seen, how could you characterise the differences could you characterise the differences between the Middle Ages (before 1400 between the Middle Ages (before 1400 ish) and the Renaissance (after 1400 ish)ish) and the Renaissance (after 1400 ish)

►Be prepared to talk about at least one Be prepared to talk about at least one ‘contrast pair’ of images in the slideshow‘contrast pair’ of images in the slideshow

►Feed back to the classFeed back to the class►Help construct a 3-4 sentence statement Help construct a 3-4 sentence statement

for the class to write into their notes.for the class to write into their notes.

Your summary statementYour summary statement

►Cartoonish becomes realisticCartoonish becomes realistic►Flat becomes deepFlat becomes deep►Religious becomes secular or paganReligious becomes secular or pagan► Ideas of people become individualsIdeas of people become individuals► Idealism becomes observed realityIdealism becomes observed reality►““Schematic” becomes “objective”Schematic” becomes “objective”