Comparison of Medieval and Renaissance Art for AP European History Class

1. Medieval & Renaissance Art

2. Sculpture & Portraiture Effigy of Henry II, 13 th c. Bust of Lorenzo de Medici, 15 th c.

3. Classical Portraiture Bust of Pericles, 5 th c. BC

4. King David Above: Gospel Book of Philip the Fair Right: Vivian Bible

5. Gothic Kings Chartres Cathedral, Royal Portal 13 th century

6. Michelangelo’s “David”

7. “David” Perspective

8. Michelangelo’s Detail

9. La Gioconda Leonardo da Vinci

10. Medieval Painting “ Hortus Deliciarum” of Herrad of Landsberg c. 1176-96 (19 th c. French copy)

11. Botticelli, “Birth of Venus”

12. Crucifixion

13. Masaccio’s “Trinity” The first known painting to apply Brunelleschi’s system of linear perspective. Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence

15. The Last Supper Gospel Book of Bernward of Hildesheim, c. 1016 German

16. Leonardo da Vinci, “Last Supper” Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy

17. “Last Supper” Perspective

18. da Vinci, “Adoration of the Magi”

19. Perspective study for “Adoration of the Magi”

20. Creation

21. Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

22. Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

23. Raphael’s “School of Athens”

24. Raphael’s “School of Athens” Clockwise: Plato (Leonardo), Aristotle, Raphael, Michelangelo