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Honors World History
Mr. Rauer
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Mall Entrance to
the National
Gallery of Art
https://www.nga.gov/research/online-editions/italian-paintings-of-the-thirteenth-and-fourteenth-centuries.html
Religious Art in the Middle Ages
Pope (St.) Gregory the Great
Encouraged Religious Works
6th – 12th Centuries
Byzantine Style – Eastern Roman
Wall Painting
Churches
Monasteries
Lack “Depth” / “Perspective”
No Shadow / Light Source
Icons flooded into Italy after 1204
(Sack of Constantinople)
Icons were taken for protection, miracles
and prestige
In Rome most important icons came under
the control of the Pope
Greek artists came to Italy
Italian artists spurred to make panel
paintings
Became a new fusion of Eastern and Western
art at the end of the Medieval period
“His work spelled an end to the
stylization of Byzantine art.”
“He introduced naturalism in art in
the representation of people and
objects with real depth, and this
opened the way for the
Renaissance.”
Giotto
Note the Changes in the
Depiction of the Human
Form
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)
The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine
Learn How to
“Read” the Painting!
Everything in the Painting is there to help “tell the story”
SymbolismColors
Posture
Position of Arms / Legs / Feet
Clothing
Scenery
Facial Expressions
Other People
Other Things
Blue = Heaven – very costly
White = Innocence & purity
Gold = Halo or ring of gold to
signify holiness
Hans Holbein the Younger
“The Ambassadors” (1533)
National Gallery London
Identify the
“hidden”
symbolism
Reminding us of
our mortality?
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