Proto-Renaissance Art

Egyptian: Idealization

Greek: Realism

Roman: Illusionism

Byzantine Mosaic: Allegory

Chiaroscuro - A method of modeling form by the use of light and shadow

Foreshortening – Reducing or distorting parts of an object to convey the impression of three dimensions as perceived by the eye.

Linear Perspective – Mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimentional surface.

Aerial Perspective – Indication of distance through use of light and atmosphere

Fresco – Wall painting where the pigment is mixed with water and applied to fresh plaster.

Theodora mosaic in San Vitale, Ravenna c. 547

“What then I saw is more than tongue can say. Our human speech is dark before the vision. The ravished memory swoons and falls away. As one who sees in dreams and wakes to find the emotional impression of his vision still powerful while its parts fade from his mind – just such am I, having lost nearly all the vision itself, while in my heart I feel the sweetness of it yet distilled and fall.”

- Dante, Paradiso Canto XXXIII

Cimabue:Madonna

Enthroned,1280

Giotto: The Ognissanti

Altarpiece, 1310

Masaccio:Madonna and

Child Enthroned,1426

Mantegna: Ceiling of Camera Degli Sposi, 1474

Piero Della Francesca:The Brera Altarpiece

(Madonna of the Egg),1474-78

Salvador Dali:Madonna of Port Lligat,

1950

Duccio:Christ Entering

Jerusalem,1305-06

Giotto: Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, 1305

Giotto: The Lamentation, 1305

Massaccio:The Trinity,

1425

Massaccio: Tribute Money, 1427

Medieval Artists: Renaissance Artists:- Duccio - Masaccio- Cimabue - Della Francesca- Giotto