7/11/16 Art History II

Today's Class-Today we continued looking at 16th Century Art, some in Italy, some in Northern Europe. This included a brief detour into the Italian Mannerist period, but mostly this was more Renaissance art.  So plenty of depictions of religion, but we also have artists making references to the  pleasures of the flesh and the beauty of nature.  Bible stories and ancient myths side by side in the world of art.  The Reformation and the Counter-Reformation have their effects on the world of art, as do the political changes and the constant threat of disease and death.  Life in the 16th Century.

Important Works- Assumption of the Virgin (Correggio), The Pastoral Concert (Giorgione or Titian), Venus of Urbino (Titian), Madonna of the Long Neck (Parmigianino), Allegory with Venus and Cupid (Bronzino), Capture of the Sabine Women (Giambologna), Feast in the House of Levi (Veronese), Self Portrait (Durer), Isenheim Altarpiece (Grunewald), Nymph of the Spring (Cranach)

Important Terms- allegory

Homework- The second current event art article summary should be ready to be presented to the class by Thursday, July 14th.

Next Class- We continue looking at 16th Century art in Northern Europe.