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

“Vitruvian Man”

“David”

“Mona Lisa”

“Creation of Adam”

“The Last Supper”

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 (mmich012@gmail.com)

• 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).

1. “Birth of Venus” by Botticelli

Italian Renaissance

2. “Mona Lisa” by da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

3. “Leonardo da Vinci” by da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

4. “Vitruvian Man” by da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance

5. “The Last Supper” by da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

5. “La Pieta” by Michelangelo

Italian Renaissance

7. “Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo

Italian Renaissance

8. “David” by Michelangelo

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

Detail of “Marriage of Arnolfini” by Van Eyck

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.

Northern Renaissance

Detail of “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” by Durer