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Warm-up 3-6-15
Ch 21 L2 Renaissance
Obj: SWBAT
describe how
Renaissance
artwork
represents
HUMANISM in a
paragraph
providing visual
evidence
Respond to the following:
1. What is the title and artist of this work?
2. What is the narrative of this work?
3. What are the stylistic characteristics?
4. What does ‘context’ mean?
5. What do we know about the context of this
work?
Homework:
Ch. 21 Reading
Questions on St.
Mark, Gates of
Paradise and
David (Donatello)
Due Today:
Context Card & 1st Cue Card for Ch
21
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Quizzes
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Future Due Dates:
Next Week—daily quizzes in first
10 mins of class
Homework:
Ch. 21 Reading
Questions on St. Mark, Gates of
Paradise and David (Donatello)
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SPRING BREAK
PRIMAVERA
A: Sandro Botticelli
N: Venus (cen), cupid (top) shooting arrow at Three Graces.
Zephyrus (blue) carries away Chloris to marry and turns her into Flora (goddess
of spring, floral dress).
Mercury (L) with staff dispelling storm clouds = ALL Mythological characters
Style: Open
landscape, halo
around Venus
Contrapposto
Classical (GrecoRoman)
modeling—
realism/naturalism,
but clothed
Mythological
figures
Visual Poetry
WARM-UP
Context—
circumstances that form
the setting for an event,
statement, or idea
terms of which something
can be fully understood
Question Examples:
The patron of this work was:
The art-historical period that
influenced the work was:
The work shows the influence of
what culture?
The primary function of the work
was:
The cultural/spiritual values
PRIMAVERA
Meaning:
Symbolic of Lorenzo Medici’s wedding
Neo-Plantonist view—earthly love is compatible with Christian Theology
Venus is love that provokes desire in Cupid
Desire can lead to lust and violence (Zephyrus) or love of god through reason
And faith (Mercury)
Urges newlyweds
to seek god
through love
CHAPTER 21 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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What impact did Renaissance humanism have on art in Florence?
What are the major formal developments in Quattrocento sculpture?
What are the major formal developments in Quattrocento painting?
Discuss the formal and material characteristics of 15th-century Italian
architecture.
Describe the first public demonstration of perspective.
Describe the role and influence of patrons.
Identify and describe the integration of sacred and secular concerns.
Explain the relationship of science, humanism, and artistic production.
Explain the role of princely courts on innovations in and support of art.
Describe the materials and techniques of Renaissance painting, sculpture,
and printmaking
RENAISSANCE ART IN ITALY
EARLY Renaissance in FLORENCE
Renaissance = “Rebirth”
C – Clarity
H - Humanism
A – Anatomy
M – Medici
P – Perspective, Pyramid
RENAISSANCE FLORENCE
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CONTEXT
Italian Renaissance Art: new pictorial illusionism,
patronage= civic responsibility and self-promotion,
artists have increased fame.
“ The arts serve the glory of God, the honor of the
city, and commemoration of self” –Giovanni Rucellai
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HUMANISM
Emphasis on education, individual potential of human beings, desire to excel,
civic responsibility, moral duty, inspired by the Greeks and Romans
“Renaissance Man”
Evidence of humanism in art
Classical subjects
Linear Perspective systems
Depicting anatomy accurately
Important concept:
Medieval belief WAS based on DIVINE will, Renaissance thinkers believe in
FREE will of human beings.
Important Invention
- Gutenberg’s Printing Press
CFU
1. Describe Humanism
Belief in education, individual potential,
desire to excel, civic responsibility, moral
duty, all inspired by the Greeks and
Romans.
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? WHY?
BRUNELLESCHI, SACRIFICE
OF ISAAC
GHIBERTI, Sacrifice of Isaac
SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
N: Biblical story, Abraham sacrifices his son (show devotion), Angel stops him
WHY THIS STORY?? (CONTEXT)
• Prediction (prophetic) & Parallel to God sacfricing Christ for Humanity
• Parallel to the Florentine people defending their city from attack by Duke of
Milan– Florentines were like Romans (civil & political liberty)
GHIBERTI
BRUNELLESCHI
CFU
2. Why was the theme of the sacrifice of Isaac
chosen for the doors of the baptistery of
Florence?
SACRIFICE OF ISAAC--WHO WON??
•Competition of 1401--the city of Florence wanted new doors for its baptistery
(San Giovanni)
•Brunelleschi—violent, dramatic, flying robes, angel grabs Abraham’s Hand
•Ghiberti—grace, smoothness, contemplative, drawn back arm
•Isaac is a Greco-Roman nude statue & platform
BRUNELLESCHI
GHIBERTI
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BRUNELLESCH
I’S:
A LITTLE STIFF
AND
FRANTIC…
SACRIFICE OF ISAAC--WHO WON??
Ghiberti!! WHY???
• References to classical
reflects Humanism—
• first classical nude
since antiquity (Roman
era)
• Spatial (space)
illusion—rocks emerge
toward viewer,
foreshortened angel
GHIBERTI
CFU
3. Who won the competition of 1401? Why
did they win?
EXIT SLIP
How does
Ghiberti’s
Sacrifice of Isaac
reflect
Humanism?
(provide visual
evidence)
GHIBERTI
HOMEWORK Due Mon 3/9/15
ST. MARK
DONATELLO
1. Who commissioned this work?
2. What is ‘classical’ about this work?
3. How does the artist suggest
movement with this work? List at least
3 traits.
4. How does this work reflect
Humanism?
HOMEWORK Due Mon 3/9/15
Gates of Paradise
Ghiberti
1. How do the panels create
the illusion of space?
List 3-4 ways.
2. What is the sculptor’s
aerial perspective?
3. How does this work
reflect Humanism?
HOMEWORK Due Mon 3/9/15
DAVID
DONATELLO
1. Who commissioned this work?
2. Where was this work originally located?
3. How does this work represent the revival
of classical principles in the arts? List 3-4
ways.
4. What did the subject of David and
Goliath symbolize to the Florentines?