Unit 3 Artist as Scientist

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1 Unit 3 Artist as Scientist Announcements: Midterm handed out on Thursday Assignment update posted on website Field trip 5/19/18 Art session #2 next Tuesday Middle Ages Renaissance: Rise of the scientific method Innovative techniques and materials Leonardo da Vinci

2 Assignment Folder Update #1 Earth map (units 1-3) Connections concept map On campus art assignment Unit 1 : Art of the Paleolithic Video write up Ice Age Bay Area Video write up Lascaux Cave Virtual tour Prehistoric Animal Group work- Group Art Session #1 SRC research notes Group board work notes Unit 2 : Neolithic Revolution Life ways concept map Indigenous Groups -Research notes Unit 3: Artist as Scientist Video worksheet Chinese landscape painting Video notes Leonardo da Vinci anatomical studies

3 Unit 3 Lecture Concepts Classic Period: The rise of the great civilizations What is a civilization? Chinese Landscape Painting Characteristics Philosophy and process Renaissance: Rise of the scientific method Innovative techniques and materials Leonardo da Vinci the Renaissance Man Maria Sybilla Merian 1 st lady of Natural History Her life and work

4 Unit 3 Activities Connections Concept Map Classic period Middle ages Renaissance Video worksheet /write up Chinese landscape painting Video : Leonardo da Vinci Earth map update

5 Unit 3 terms Silk road Renaissance fresco cabinet of curiosities spontaneous generation Surinam, S. America

6 Chinese Landscape painting Video worksheet Strolling by the Sea - Tang Yin

7 The rise of early western civilizations Technology advanced Long distance travelexploration Trade routes to Asialinking East with West Silk road Well-developed artistic, religious and literary classes increase spare time for upper classes, resources and motivation to advance

8 The rise of early western civilization s CCM4A. Middle Ages: 5 th to 14 th century settled agriculture Rise of organized religions Period of upheaval rise of church of Rome & settled states of Europe. Catholic Church gained power socially and politically Feudalism and cast systems few owned most of land Rise of monarchies and the middle class (artisan and merchants) Urban and rural areas established Creativity and individualism was stifled and conformity was encouraged.

9 CCM4B. Art of the Middle Ages Illustrate religious text Illuminated Manuscripts Architecture--decorating churches or public places with religious scenes Show devotion to the church mythological creatureslife s mysteries were explained through myths and scriptures inaccurate representations anthropomorphic Stylized Not drawn from life

10 Middle Ages CCM4C. Attitudes toward nature Human superiority over nature. Monotheism single god predominates Nature/wilderness viewed as evil where the devil lurks Taming wilderness becomes a moral act. Controlling nature instead of interacting with it didn t consider ourselves part of the natural system. People looked to scriptures to answer questions about the world, nature, life and death and our place in it. Exploring the natural world, self expression and questioning life was discouraged and deemed sacrilege Samson Killing the Lion, Albrecht Durur, woodcut

11 Settled Agriculture Byzantine Empire or Late Roman empire Mosaic of the Grape harvest

12 SETTLED AGRICULTURE Medieval Europe 500 AD

13 Middle Ages-- settled agriculture

14 Religious Portraits of the Middle Ages

15 Classic Period: Rise of civilizations urban/rural Trade Art became socially, politically, spiritually and culturally important Middle Ages Rise of organized religion settled states of Europe stifling of creativity & scientific spirit religion-based art

16 Italian Renaissance 1400 s 1700 s

17 CCM5a. The Renaissance settled agriculture Originated in Italy Catholic Church remained the ultimate power. Pockets of pagan religions existed, stemming from our H/G past. Rebirth of the scientific spirit. Revival of ancient Greece Influenced philosophy, literature, politics, art and technology. Led to the expansion of European countries- technologic and geographic exploration Experimentation was encouraged

18 The Renaissance Why Italy: 1,000 years of cultural & intellectual starvation Richest trading nation Immigration of Greek scholars with access to the ancient scriptures. Rich patrons, religious and merchant classes with funds for commissions. Well established artisan class Desire to imitate and study nature.

19 Artist as Scientist A new scientific spirit--- Scholars began to examine the world with fresh eyes and to question the myths and fantasies.

20 Painting materials of the Renaissance: egg tempera paint Water-based and nontoxic Egg binder- painted on wood panel Transparent- layers needed Permanent- dries quickly Frescos Brushed onto wet plaster- murals Long drying time Non correctable - permanent oil paint Oil-based- slow drying- toxic Wood panel or canvas Versatile easily correctable Depth and texture Watercolor Painted on paper- transparent Preliminary sketch-mobile simple Not permanent fades over time

21 Artist as Scientist Leonardo da Vinci: A true renaissance man. A man of unquenchable curiosity and feverishly inventive imagination"

22 Artist as Scientist Leonardo did extensive studies on how animals and humans moved and how their muscles and bones worked together. This led to his anatomical research that he conducted on live and dead subjects.

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25 5B. Art of the Renaissance Revival of the realism of Classic Greece Artists gained an important position in society Religion-based themes BUT Late renaissance- landscape, portraits and still life also became popular Realism based on observation Expansion of art materials used - experimentation Mastery of illusionary painting techniques illusionary painting techniques: Foreshortening- showing depth with the way a subject is drawnposition plane changes with in one subject Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Andrea Mantegna,

26 Quadraturaillusionistic technique of architectural perspectiveextending architectural features into the painting. Camera Degli Sposi Frescoes ( ) Andrea Mantegna

27 Artist as Scientist The Mona Lisa Lisa Gherardini Leonardo da Vinci s most well known painting. It is on permanent exhibit at the Louvre in Paris and is one of the most visited paintings in history. Sfumato- the seamless blending of colors and value

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29 Artist as Scientist Last Supper x 29 tempra on dry plaster took 3 years to complete wall of the convent of Santa Maria delle Gracie--Milan, Italy Linear perspective- technique that gives a painting depth

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31 The Last Supper?

32 5C. Attitude towards Nature Human superiority over nature. Wilderness = bad evil Taming wilderness remains a moral act. Learning about nature in order to better understand and control nature. Curiosity toward natural processes, concepts, physics and behavior to answer questions about the world and life. Commoditization of

33 Unit 3: Artist as Scientist Video write up: Anatomy Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci Summarize information not presented in lecture