KET Article Answer the following questions on your own paper; you have 20 min You will have to share with someone, copies are missing. 1) As the 14 th century approached, what period of rebirth developed? What is meant by rebirth? 2) What does it mean to be a “patron of the arts?” 3) What is humanism? 4) What is/was a Renaissance Man? 5) What are some famous works of Leonardo DaVinci? 6) Describe Michelangelo’s life. 7) How did the Renaissance sculpture support the concept of “rebirth”? 8) Where did Raphael begin a series of Madonna paintings? What are Madonna paintings? 9) What was Donatello’s David so revolutionary? 10) What are some characteristics of Renaissance painting?
Agenda Things You Need: / A piece of notebook paper / Renaissance Men Handout ¡(staple JUST the handout, not the reading!) / Reading from the front table ¡(return it when you are finished!) Things to Do: / Opener reading and questions / Interactive Lecture: The Masters of the Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci / Videos w/ questions
Opener Questions (Annotated Mona Lisa Reading) 1.What is the name given to the period between ? 2.“Renaissance Man” means what? 3.What was one of Leonardo’s physical hobbies? 4.Name three of Leonardo’s inventions. 5.What was Leonardo quoted as saying on his death bed? Explain this statement. 6.What famous leader once owned the Mona Lisa? 7.Did the Mona Lisa start as an outlined image, similar to artists of that time? 8.Why was the Mona Lisa stolen and hidden for two years in 1911? 9.The Mona Lisa is the most _________ of all artworks 10.Leonardo’s sketches of the growth of a fetus could teach ___________ to medical students today.
Vitruvian Man Leonardo da Vinci 1492 The L’uomo universale
The Renaissance “Man” Broad knowledge about many things in different fields. Deep knowledge/skill in one area. Able to link information from different areas/disciplines and create new knowledge. The Greek ideal of the “well-rounded man” was at the heart of Renaissance education.
1. Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, Artist Sculptor Architect Scientist Engineer Inventor
Leonardo, the Artist The Virgin of the Rocks Leonardo da Vinci
VRMR
Leonardo, the Artist: From hisNotebooks of over 5000 pages ( )
Mona Lisa – da Vinci,
A Macaroni Mona
A Picasso Mona
An Andy Warhol Mona
A “Mona”ca Lewinsky
Mona At the Louvre Close upClose up RoomRoom
Mona Lisa OR da Vinci??
The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 & Geometry
Refractory Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan
horizontal vertical Perspective! The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498
Detail of Jesus The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci 1498 Deterioration
A Da Vinci “Code”: A Da Vinci “Code”: St. John or Mary Magdalene? A Da Vinci “Code”:
Leonardo, the Sculptor An Equestrian Statue
Leonardo, the Architect: Pages from his Notebook Study of a central church. 1488
Leonardo, the Architect: Pages from his Notebook Plan of the city of Imola, 1502.
Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology): Pages from his Notebook An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature. Bill Gates!?
Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook
Leonardo, the Inventor: Pages from his Notebook
Man Can Fly?
The Annunciation
A study of siege defenses. Studies of water-lifting devices. Leonardo, the Engineer: Pages from his Notebook
Quotes for Discussion Writing Activity “I have done myself and the world a great disservice by not focusing more on painting.” “Indeed, whatever exists in the universe, whether in essence, in act, on in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and then in his hands.”
Da Vinci Questions 1)How do experts recognize Da Vinci’s “Tobias and the Angel”? 2)What is the only Da Vinci work in an American museum? Who was she? 3)What’s wrong with Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”? 4)What did Leonardo do for Duke Sforza (other than paint for him)? 5)What are some examples of the power of the Medici’s? 6)Describe Leonardo’s notebook. 7) What are some examples given in the video about the asymmetry of the Mona Lisa?
Agenda To get: / Michelangelo Opener Reading / Basilica of St. Peter Reading – RETURN! / Blank Sheet of White Paper / Blank Sheet of Notebook Paper / Note handout from last week (Leonardo) To do: / Michelangelo Opener Reading with Questions / Lecture on Michelangelo / Activity – Being Michelangelo / Videos in Rome / Exit Slip Reading - Basilica of St. Peter
Michelangelo Opener Questions 1.Of what profession was Michelangelo’s adopted father? 2.How old was M. when he was taken in my Lorenzo de Medici? 3.What did M. refuse to do? 4.In French and Italian the word patron also means what? 5.How old was M. when he died? 6.M. always carved his sculptures from one what? 7.How old was M. when he created the Pieta? 8.It is the only work he ever did what to? 9.Originally the Sistine Chapel ceiling was supposed to just be what design? 10.How many human figures are in this painting? 11.How long did it take to complete? Why? 12.M.’s _________ were more expressive than his_________. 13.M. believed that like the human body, architecture should be what? 14.Other architects considered the oval to be what?
2. Michelangelo Buonorrati 1475 – 1564 He represented the body in three dimensions of sculpture.
David Michelangelo Buonarotti 1504 Marble
15c 16c What a difference a century makes!
The Pieta Michelangelo Buonarroti 1499 marble The Popes as Patrons of the Arts
The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens
The Sistine Chapel Details Creation of Man
A Modern “Adaptation” Joe Gallo in the New York Daily News, 2004
The Sistine Chapel Details The Fall from Grace
The Sistine Chapel Details The Last Judgment
St. Peter’s Basilica Designed by Michelangelo
Drawing Activity Being Michelangelo! Chose an image to draw from the Human Spirit textbook. Get a piece of paper and tape it under your desk. You will have 20 minutes to draw this image, while laying on your back! If we have time you will also be using markers to put in the color of your image.
Exit Slip Reading – Basilica of St. Peter 1. Why did the popes want to build another building 2. Describe the Greek cross plan. 3. Why did the design of the new building change from a Greek cross to a Latin cross plan? 4. What are the connections between St. Peter’s and the following? / Michelangelo / Bernini / The Pantheon
3. Raffaello Sanzio ( ) Self-Portrait, 1506 Portrait of the Artist with a Friend, 1518
Died at 37 Father was also a painter Helped construct new St. Peter’s Basilica Loved for good humor/modesty
Most famous paintings The School of Athens The Transfiguration
Transfiguration
Perspective!Perspective! Betrothal of the Virgin Raphael1504
Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna, 1507
The School of Athens – Raphael, One point perspective. All of the important Greek philosophers and thinkers are included all of the great personalities of the Seven Liberal Arts! A great variety of poses. Located in the papal apartments library. Raphael worked on this commission simultaneously as Michelangelo was doing the Sistine Chapel. No Christian themes here – controversial?
The School of Athens – Raphael, Raphael Da Vinci Michelangelo
Aristotle: looks to this earth [the here and now]. Plato: looks to the heavens [or the IDEAL realm]. The School of Athens – Raphael, details
Averroes Hypatia Pythagoras
Zoroaster Ptolemy Euclid
The Liberation of St. Peter by Raphael, 1514
Raphael Activity