1. Renaissance Art Critique Internet Search 2012

2. Your group is assigned one work of art from the period of the Renaissance

3. Your responsibilities are as follows: 1) Using the internet, research your assigned work of art 1) Using the internet, research your assigned work of art 2) Print a picture of the work of art 2) Print a picture of the work of art 3) As a group, write a bulleted list describing how the art reflects the five elements of Renaissance art 3) As a group, write a bulleted list describing how the art reflects the five elements of Renaissance art

4. 4) On your own, write a brief paragraph of review describing your own feelings about the art—what do you like or dislike about it, what makes it good or bad, what emotions do you feel looking at the art? It is an opinionated response. 4) On your own, write a brief paragraph of review describing your own feelings about the art—what do you like or dislike about it, what makes it good or bad, what emotions do you feel looking at the art? It is an opinionated response. 5) As a group, write a brief paragraph regarding the history of the artist. 5) As a group, write a brief paragraph regarding the history of the artist.

5. 6) Copy down the website where you found information about and images of your work of art. 6) Copy down the website where you found information about and images of your work of art. www.wga.hu www.wga.hu 7) Report your research to the class. 7) Report your research to the class.

6. Additional Instructions: You need to print all of your group’s work on no more than two pages. Make it brief, but concise. Make sure all group member’s names are on your sheets. Be sure to proofread your work. Your oral report needs to be brief, concise, and thoughtful. Remember, we are stressing the elements and ideals of the Renaissance.

7. Elements of Renaissance Art 1)Humanism: human nature, human personality, human emotion, human intellect, classical education. 2) Perspective: Utilizing tools of geometric or parallel perspective. parallel perspective. 3) Realism: life-like, three-dimensional, realistic shading, natural world, human body/anatomy. shading, natural world, human body/anatomy. 4) Religion: religious figures, Mother and child, Biblical stories and heroes. Biblical stories and heroes. 5) Balance: elements of equal with a focal point, dominance, center of interest. dominance, center of interest.

8. What is the first thing that attracts your eye to a work of art or what the artist wants to emphasize the most?

9. 1)Rafael: School of Athens 2)Rafael:Sistine Madonna 3) Durer: Lamentation for Christ 4) Masaccio: The Trinity 5) Brunelleschi: Sacrifice of Isaac 6) Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel 7) Michelangelo: Pieta 8) Michelangelo: David 9) Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa 10) Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper 11) Jan van Eyck: Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Wife Arnolfini and Wife 12) Donatello: St. George 13) Donatello: David

10. Sistine Madonna by: Raphael

11. School of Athens by: Raphael

12. Lamentation of Christ by: Albrecht Durer

13. Trinity by: Masaccio

14. Sacrifice of Isaac by: Brunelleschi

15. Sistine Chapel by: Michelangelo

19. David by: Michelangelo

20. Pieta by: Michelangelo

21. Mona Lisa by: Leonardo da Vinci

22. Last Supper by: Leonardo da Vinci

23. Giovanni Arnolfini & Wife by: Jan van Eyck

24. David by: Donatello

25. Birth of Venus by: Botticelli