APAH
Seminar 1: High Renaissance Painting and Sculpture
1/13/14
Flash Card Artworks - Complete all flashcard on the computer using the template the is posted on the
website!!!!!
Leonardo Da Vinci:
Madonna of the Rocks
The Last Super
Michelangelo:
Pieta
Tomb of Pope Julius II Overview:
- The Bound Slave
- Boboli Captive
- Moses
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling Overview:
- Lower and Intermediate Levels
- Delphic Sybil
Center Panels:
- Drunkenness of Noah
- The Creation of Adam
- The Creation of the Son and Moon
- God Dividing the Light from Darkness
The Last Judgement
Raphael:
Madonna In the Meadow
Stanza dell Segnatura Overview:
- School of Athens
Portrait of Pope Leo X
Vocabulary
Chiaroscuro, Sfumato, Neoplatonism, Pyramidal Composition, Scaffold, Reformation and Counter Reformation,
People to Know
Pope Alexander Vi, Pope Julius II, Pope Leo X, Pope Paul III, School of Athens: Diogenes, Heralitus, Pythagoras,
Euclid, Protegenes, Apelles, Aristotle, Plato. Biagio da Cesena, Aretino
Homework
Make Flashcards - On computer, use template posted on website
Read Chapter 22
Answer attached essay question - if not finished in class
1. 10 Minute Essay Question:
This question is based on the following quoteation
“It is scarcely possible, even with hard work, to imitate what Michelangelo accomplished. This ceiling is a true beacon
of our art, and it has brought such enlightenment to painting that it illuminated a world which for hundreds of years
had been in a state of darkness.”
- Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptures and Architects (1550)
In the quotation above, Vasari articulates a concept of artistic progress with reference to Michelangelo.
During what art historical period di Michelangelo paint the ceiling mentioned in the quotation. How did the
ceiling exemplify Vasari’s claims about Michelangelo’s accomplishments?