Renaissance – Uffizi Gallery Crawl

Wednesday April 27, 2016 Homework: Renaissance Tests = 5/19 and 5/20 Faire Project Focus: 1. Please get out last two handouts (Italian Peninsula and Humanism). Use these on the reviews. 2. Please complete these two reviews: Italian Peninsula = WA8LU7SA and Humanism = FY6CE9HU5 3. Get handout for today.

In the Italian city-states, the wealthy were a new type of leader – the urban noble or Aristocrats. Wealthy citizens were proud of their city-states and often became generous patrons. A patron gave artists and scholars money and places to live and work. They hired architects and designers to improve local churches, to design grand new buildings, and to create public sculptures and fountains. Patrons believed the contributions of these individuals would, in turn, add to the greatness of their city-states and attract more wealth.

Many powerful people, Popes, Kings, Queens, and other Nobles and Aristocrats were Patrons of the Arts. Among the most famous patrons of the Renaissance were the Medici. They were a wealthy family of bankers and merchants. In fact, they were the most powerful leaders of Florence from the early 1400s until the 1700s. The Medici family became so powerful that the family included famous princes and dukes, two queens, and four popes. Throughout the 1400s and 1500s, the Medici supported many famous artists including Botticelli, Michelangelo and Raphael. Today. Florence is still filled with important works of art made possible by the Medici.

Uffizi Gallery The Uffizi Gallery is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world. It's housed in the Palazzo degli Uffizi, a palazzo (palace) in Florence, Italy.

Uffizi Gallery Building of the palace was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici as the offices for the Florentine magistrates — hence the name "uffizi" ("offices"). Construction was continued and ended in 1581.

Palazzo Vecchio connects to the Uffizi The offices quickly turned into the private art gallery for the Medici family. It housed famous work by Michelangelo, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, da Vinci, etc. A private walkway was connected from the Palazzo Vecchio (Medici’s Palace) to the Uffizi.

Objective – to identify artists and their works through a gallery crawl Working with a partner, venture on your gallery crawl through the Uffizi. Answer the questions from your handout by investigating each numbered center. After each section, check your answers with Ms. Gregory before moving on. Before you move on your own, I am going to share with you a very interesting story about one of the most famous Renaissance artists – Michelangelo.

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564; in Caprese near Arezzo, Tuscany. Painter, sculptor, architect, poet, engineer. David, Sistine Chapel, Last Judgement, St, Paul’s Cathedral

First Love – Sculptor – David (David and Goliath), La Pieta (Jesus and mother), Moses (from Bible as Neptune, God of the Sea).

Architect – St. Peter’s Basilica – in the Vatican City, in Rome; named for Peter, a disciple from the New Testament, he was the first pope.

Reluctant Painter – Sistine Chapel – Named after Pope Sixtus IV

The Vault, or Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel – shows scenes from the book of Genesis (creation of the heaven and stars, Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden) 1508-1512 AD. Pope Julius II asked Michelangelo to paint the vault, or ceiling, of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo initially refused, however, agreed after being given artistic freedom. 1508 – 1512 AD. Used scafalds.

The Last Judgement, 1535-1541 AD Pope Paul III asked Michelangelo to paint the altar wall. The Last Judgement depicts the second coming of Christ. This painting was a bitter dispute between Michelangelo and Cardinal Carafa over the nudity of the characters. The Pope’s own Master of Ceremonies, Biagioda Cesena, stated, “"it was mostly disgraceful that in so holy a place there should have been depicted all those nude figures, exposing themselves so shamefully, and that it was no place for a pope’s chapel but rather for the public bathrooms and bars!”

People say Michelangelo had such a difficult time painting the Last Judgment that he painted himself as St. John the Baptist.

You know what they say about paybacks? The bottom right corner of the painting shows Minos, the Greek judge of the Underworld, leading sinners to Hell. Michelangelo painted Biagioda Cesena as the first sinner going into Hell!!! He is depicted with donkey ears while his nudity is covered by a coiled snake. It is said that when Cesena complained to the Pope, Pope Paul III responded that his job title did not extend to hell, so the portrait would have to remain.

Now,… you are going to begin your Uffizi Gallery Crawl! You and your partner need to report to the first center on your paper. Read everything carefully. Report to me before you move onto the next center!!!

Art Review Write an Art review Review the information from the Uffizi gallery Crawl. Use it as a bases for an analysis of the “work”. Assume the role as a reviewer for an art magazine. Write a review on how the ideas of the Renaissance are represented in one or more of the subjects. In an article for a Arts & Entertainment Magazine – you need an introduction, body, and a conclusion.- at least 5 paragraphs

1. Choose three “works” to focus on – either one item from three subjects, or three items from one subject. Example = 3 paintings; or one sculpture, one invention, and one painting 2. Complete SOAPStone for each item (3 total). 3. Begin your art review. Include your thesis statement = How do the items you have chosen show the rebirth of Greek and Roman ideas?

Paragraph 2 – Example 1 = Body, include SOAPStone Paragraph 1 – Introduction – The main idea you wish to convey, include the thesis statement – How did the items you choose show the rebirth of Greek and Roman ideas? The Renaissance was the “rebirth” of Greek and Roman achievements. Beginning in the 14th century on the Italian Peninsula people began to focus on humanistic ideas. Much of the culture of the ancient Greeks and Romans was found in numerous works. By looking at the architecture of the Renaissance, one can see the use of ancient architectural elements such as arches, columns, domes, details, and sculptures. Paragraph 2 – Example 1 = Body, include SOAPStone Paragraph 3 – Example 2 = Body, include SOAPStone Paragraph 4 – Example 3 = Body, include SOAPStone Paragraph 5 – Conclusion – Wrap up, restate the main idea