Comparing

Classical, Medieval
and Renaissance
Art
Ahmad Abulabda
Directions

1. Make a copy of this presentation

2. Flip through the art, highlight which period you think the art came from
3. Explain why it came from that period.
4. Drop the link on your checklist
Terms to Know
Grave: place of burial for a dead body, marked by a stone or mound.

Tapestry:a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by

weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall
hanging or furniture covering.

Pieta:a picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of
Jesus Christ on her lap or in her arms.

Madonna: the Virgin Mary.

Venus: goddess of beauty and love

Adonis: man of remarkable beauty, the favourite of the goddess Aphrodite

Image A Filippo Lippi’s
Madonna and Child
with Two Angels
1406 C.E.
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance
Explain why: has an angle and has depth
perseption
Image B Bathing
Venus
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance

Explain why: it has a representation of

humanism
Image C
Titian’s
Venus and
Adonis 1550
C.E.
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance
Explain why: uses liner perception
Image D Cimabue’s
Madonna and
Child in Majesty
1280
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance
Explain why: non religious has the same people
in it same faces
Image E Grave Stele of
Hegeso
400 B.C.E
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance

Explain why: it is a tombstone so it is from the

dark ages
Image F
Bayeux
Tapestry

1082 C.E.
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance

Explain why: it has

texture so it is fresco art
Image G Michelangelo’s
Pieta
1475 C.E.
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance
Explain why: from the dark ages looks as
If the death of christ