Renaissance
Renaissance culture shaped the
15th and 16th centuries for three
decades. Renaissance art came
from a civilization that valued
realism and science in art, science,
architecture, and philosophy.
Renaissance art restored Roman
forms like naked human sculptures
without landscapes. Europe
developed and creative artisans
thrived.
• The humanist aesthetic that
characterized the Renaissance
period is famously associated with
art.
• The Renaissance was a time of
profound change that saw
significant advancements made in
the fields of art, philosophy, and
medicine.
• Artistic nudity was considered to
SIMILARITIES Neoclassical
From the 1780s to the 1850s,
The only real similarities between the
neoclassicism was at its most
two is that renaissance and
neoclassicism both share realistic influential in art. New
qualities because it was still, in this archeological discoveries and
time, uncommon for paintings to not the environment set the stage
portray reality. for classical themes, which also
came about as a response to the
 Intellectually, Neoclassicism was
Rococo styles. Romanticism
also indicative of a wish to return
to the perceived "purity" of existed alongside Neoclassicism.
Roman art, to the more nebulous Instead of using religious and
conception ("ideal") of Ancient mythological things, neoclassical
Greek art, and to Renaissance artists used things that were
Classicism itself in the 16th simple, bold, and useful.
century. Neoclassicism
incorporated features of Classical  The emphasis in neoclassical art
Renaissance architecture into an was placed on more traditional
exterior that was imposing and
and unadulterated aspects of
classical. It is a stern, emotionless
kind of art with a fresh grace and design.
straightforward sophistication.
 the neoclassical style reigned
 The most important concept that
was shared by both the supreme in the academic arts.
Renaissance and the Neo-
Classical eras of design was the  Decorative elements were
intention to further human frequently integrated into the
be more authentic and expressive progress by drawing inspiration works of neoclassical painters.
in the works of Renaissance from the finest examples of
sculptors. classical human achievement  During the time known as
from the past. neoclassicism, there was an
• During the Renaissance, doors  You can tell you're looking at a emphasis placed on preserving
Neoclassical structure since it
were opened to new ways of the values of the Enlightenment.
clearly mimics Renaissance and
thinking and technological Palladian style by its symmetrical
advancements. shape, massive columns that
ascend the full height of the
building, triangular pediment,
and domed roof.

Ren a is sance:
Neoclassical: