Warm-up 3-9-15
Ch 21 L3 Renaissance
Obj: SWBAT
describe how
Renaissance
artwork
represents
HUMANISM in a
paragraph
providing visual
evidence
Respond to the following:
1. What does ‘CHAMP’ stand for?
2. What is Humanism?
3. How is Humanism reflected in artwork of the
Renaissance?
Take out your bubble sheet for the quiz.
Take out your homework assignment.
Homework:
Ch. 21 Reading
Questions on St.
Mark, Gates of
Paradise and
David (Donatello)
Quiz 3-9-15—On BLUE bubble sheet
1. Who commissioned Donatello’s St. Mark?
A) A pope
B) A guild
C) The Medici Family
D) An Emperor
2. Atmospheric perspective is when space is created through:
A) overlapping
B) with mathematics
C) the lessening of details
D) light and shadow
2. Donatello’s David was a symbol of :
A) Christ defeating Satan
B) Humanism becoming valued over Christianity
C) the triumph of wisdom over ignorance
D) The Florentine republic defeating invaders
Due Today:
Question responses on St. Mark, Gates of
Paradise and David (Donatello)
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Homework:
Ch. 21 Reading
Questions on St. Mark, Gates of
Paradise and David (Donatello)
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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
Respond to the following:
1. What does ‘CHAMP’ stand for?
C – Clarity, Classical
H - Humanism
A – Anatomy
M – Medici
P – Perspective
2. What is Humanism?
Belief in education, individual potential, desire to excel,
civic responsibility, moral duty, all inspired by the
Greeks and Romans.
3. How is Humanism reflected in artwork of the Renaissance?
Classical subjects
Linear Perspective systems
Depicting anatomy accurately
NOTES
RENAISSANCE ART IN FLORENCE, ITALY
EARLY Renaissance in FLORENCE
Renaissance = “Rebirth”
C – Clarity, Classical
H - Humanism
A – Anatomy
M – Medici
P – Perspective
RENAISSANCE FLORENCE
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WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO WIN A CONTEST? 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?
Guild of Linen Workers & Tailors
2. What is ‘classical’ about this work?
Contrapposto, naturalism
3. How does the artist suggest movement
with this work? List at least 3 traits.
Hanging and folding draped clothing,
position of limbs, & weight shift
4. How does this work reflect Humanism?
Accurate anatomy—interest in science
Classic Motifs
Guild as patrons—civic responsibility
HOMEWORK Due Mon 3/9/15
Gates of Paradise, Ghiberti
1. How do the panels create the illusion of
space?
List 3-4 ways.
Linear Perspective, atmospheric perspective,
Decreasing size
2. What is the sculptor’s aerial perspective?
Atmospheric perspective
Deeper carve = close
Shallow carve = far
3. How does this work reflect Humanism?
Use of Perspective—use of
mathematics/science to portray space
Classical motifs
HOMEWORK Due Mon 3/9/15
DAVID
DONATELLO
1. Who commissioned this work?
Medici Family
2. Where was this work originally located?
Medici Palace in Florence
3. How does this work represent the revival of
classical principles in the arts? List 3-4 ways.
Nude figure, free-standing statue, contrapposto,
idealized proportions
4. What did the subject of David and Goliath
symbolize to the Florentines?
Symbol of florentine republic, ‘slayer of Goliath’
Florence = David, Invasion of King Ladislaus =
Goliath