Today's Class- Today we started looking at chapter 21, 16th Century Art in Italy. This is the height of the Italian Renaissance, stars so big that there are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles named after them. We saw a variety of works from Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo, multiple mediums. In each case I tried to give some context to the works, cultural influences, relationships to earlier art, and influences on what was to follow. We also heard the first examples of current events articles.
Important works- Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, Vitruvian Man (all from Leonardo), The Small Cowper Madonna, Agnelo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi, The School of Athens (all from Raphael), Pieta, David, Sistine Chapel (all from Michelangelo)
Important terms- canon of proportions, chiaroscuro, modeling, sfumato
Homework- One down, three more current events articles to go- have the next one for next Thursday.
Next class- next week we continue with 16th Century Italian Art.
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