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Unit 1
Renaissance ArtworkNOTE:
If you are too immature to handle the human body, please do not view these. Viewing artwork means you must have a sense of maturity.
Pg. 9: Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art
• Geometric figures (triangles)
• Human anatomy
• Contrast (light vs. dark) to show 3D figures
• Nudity
• Human perfection
• Focused on daily human tasks
• Humans did not look perfect
• Extremely detailed (naturalism)
• Used woodcutting
- Used religious scenes
- Had artistic centers: Italy and Belgium
ItalianNorthern
Pg. 10: Comparing and Contrasting(If your handwriting is large, use another sheet of paper)
Symmetry
Intellectual movement
Beauty of human body
Movement/ Perspective
Daily task
Religious scene
Detailed
Last Supper
David School of Athens
Pg. 10: Understanding Important ArtworkTITLE ARTIST /
YEAR OF
CREATION
DESCRIPTION IMPORTANCE
Vitruvian
Man
Da Vinci1490
• Drawing showing two men with their arms and legs stretched out to show the proportion of man
• Use of geometry (circle, square, proportions)
• Shows human body (human anatomy –humanism)
David Michelangelo1504
• 17ft. tall statue showing the biblical story of a teenage David before his fight with Goliath.
• Displays quiet strength
• Shows the perfect human body (human anatomy –humanism)
• Uses linear perspective
Mona Lisa Da Vinci1517
• A woman sitting for a portrait, with an unfinished background
• Use of linear perspective (eyes, background)
• Secret smile
• Use of geometry (triangles)
Creation of
Adam
(Sistine
Chapel)
Michelangelo1511
• God creating Adam (from the Book of Genesis in the Bible) right before he is “complete.”
• Adam is seen as independent of God because he seems to not care about God’s touch (humanism)
The Last
Supper
Da Vinci1498
• Jesus’ last supper with his apostles (close followers) right after Jesus has told them that one of them would betray him.
• Shows human emotion
• Symmetry
• Use of linear perspective
Read these steps carefully before starting your work.• Open up a Word document
• Put the proper heading.
• Title it “Renaissance artwork.”
• Your assignment is on the next page. You will work until 1:00pm. Do what you can, but if I see you wasting time, I will take away points.
• At 1:00pm you save your work.
• Then, open up your email account.
• You will send this email to Ms. Michel ([email protected])
• The subject is “Renaissance artwork.”
• Attach the Word document that you saved.
• Press send.
• By 1:05, all computers should be put up with their magnets in place.
Renaissance Artwork
• For each of the following artwork, write 3 complete sentences answering the following:• What is the name of the artwork? Who created it? Which Renaissance does it
fall under?
• Describe the artwork in your own words (1 sentence).
3. “Leonardo da Vinci” by da Vinci
Italian Renaissance
4. “Vitruvian Man” by da Vinci
Italian Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
9. “Marriage of Arnolfini” by Van Eyck
*There is a detail of this painting on the next slide. Be sure to look at it before writing.
Northern Renaissance
10. “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” by Durer
*There is a detail of this painting on the next slide. Be sure to look at it before writing.