Introduction: Today we will be learning about some of the most famous and accomplished artists of all time those of the Renaissance. Amazingly, some of their art will be coming to our school for a gallery show! Our class is getting a special preview today. Around the room you will see some of the paintings and sculptures these artists created, as well as information about the artists. Assignment: Your first assignment is to walk around the room with your Art Show Reporter s Notebook and take notes on the artists, their works, and what you see. Be sure to note where the artists are from, what their styles are like, some of their works, and even try make sketches of what the art that you like. After completing your tour of each art station, you will be creating the front page of the school newspaper to tell the rest of the school about the art show. Maximum Points To receive maximum points students must exceed expectations. Comments/Grade Pictures (10 points) Headline & Articles (10 Points) Effort Neatness, & Creativity (5 Points) Contains at least three pictures of Renaissance Art that show care and effort spent in creating them The Newspaper includes a relevant headline and two articles. The first article references at least 3 of the artists and their works as well as descriptions of the works and the artists. The second article selects one piece of art that represents humanism and explains why it could be called humanist. The Newspaper looks like time was spent to create it and effort was made to make it look professional. Total (25 Points) Students of History - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/students-of-history
Name Our School s Biggest Events Date Above: Below: Expresses Humanist Ideals
Directions: After checking out all the amazing art at each station that will be coming to our school, your assignment is to create the first page of the school newspaper. Your front cover should have a headline telling everyone what is happening along with 3 pictures so people can get a glimpse of what they can expect to see. Lastly, you will write 2 short stories to tell people what is going on. The first one goes in the big section on the right. This story should give a good overview of what Renaissance art is, who are the artists, what is the art like, and the difference between the Northern & Italian Renaissance. In the box at the bottom you need to pick out one piece of art that expresses Humanist ideals. Remember humanism is a philosophy that celebrates man and the accomplishments and abilities of people. Pick one that you think best does this and write a paragraph on why. Create a catchy headline that captures your readers attention. Pick any 1 Northern Renaissance artwork and 1 Italian Renaissance artwork and draw their pictures in these 2 boxes. In the middle is the caption box in there write the title of the works and their artists. Image Draw a picture whatever piece of art you think best shows humanist ideals in this box and then write the paragraph about it on the left. Be sure to put the title of the piece of art on the headline to the left. Students of History - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/students-of-history
Name Art Show Reporter s Notebook Artist: Works: Artist: Works: Sketch/Description of works: Sketch/Description of works: Artist: Works: Artist: Works: Sketch/Description of works: Sketch/Description of works: Artist: Works: Artist: Works: Sketch/Description of works: Sketch/Description of works:
Station 1 - Raphael Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive and, despite his early death at age 37, a large body of his work remains, especially in the Vatican. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, but after his death the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when his more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. The Wedding of the Virgin (1504) Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1507) Students of History lukerosa@gmail.com
Station 2 - Leonardo da Vinci Da Vinci was an Italian scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer. It is for all of these accomplishments that he is often called the perfect example of a Renaissance Man. Born as the illegitimate son of a notary and a peasant woman in Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter, Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service in Milan. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. It is primarily as a painter that Leonardo was and is renowned. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper occupy unique positions as the most reproduced portrait and famous religious painting of all time. Perhaps only 15 of his paintings survive to this day. His notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams, and his thoughts on the nature of painting, comprise a contribution to later generations of artists only rivaled by that of his contemporary, Michelangelo. Most of the 4,200 pages of his notebooks were written in reverse script, so that they could only be read with a mirror. Some historians think Leonardo did this to keep people from stealing his ideas. The Last Supper (1498) The Mona Lisa (1507) Self Portrait (1515)
Station 3 - Michelangelo Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. He is often considered a contender for the title of the model Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo s artistic output in every field during his long life was amazing. When the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and the David, were sculpted before he turned 30. Michelangelo is also one of the most influential artists in fresco work. His scenes from Genesis on the ceiling, and The Last Judgment on the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome are among the greatest in the world. Later in life he designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica there as well. The Pieta (1499) The Creation of Adam from the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1511-1512)
Station 4- Botticelli Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance. His work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting, and The Birth of Venus and Betrothal of the Virgin rank now among the most familiar masterpieces of Florentine art. Botticelli is famous for his mastery of perspective. This is when objects further away are smaller in the painting and closer objects appear larger. Make note of this in Betrothal. The Birth of Venus (1486) Venus and Mars (1483)
Station 5 - Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck was a painter from the Netherlands and is considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century. Some historians believe that he invented oil painting, but all agree that he at least achieved, or perfected, new and remarkable effects using this technique. His Wedding Portrait is one of the most frequently analyzed by art historians. Some feel it is a painted marriage certificate. There is also argument over whether the woman was pregnant or if her hand is simply lifting the dress out as is seen in many renditions of virgin saints The Arnolfini Portrait (1434) Madonna of Chancellor Rolin (1435) lukerosa@gmail.com Students of History
Station 6 - Donatello Donatello, was an early Renaissance Italian sculptor from Florence. He is, in part, known for his work in bas-relief, a form of shallow relief sculpture that, in Donatello's case, incorporated significant 15th-century developments in perspectival illusionism. His statues are also known for their realism and naturalism, which differed from most statues commissioned at the time. Saint Mark by Donatello (1413) The Feast of Herod by Donatello (1427)
Station 3 - Michelangelo Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. He is often considered a contender for the title of the model Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo s artistic output in every field during his long life was amazing. When the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences that survive is also taken into account, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. Two of his best-known works, the Pietà and the David, were sculpted before he turned 30. Michelangelo is also one of the most influential artists in fresco work. His scenes from Genesis on the ceiling, and The Last Judgment on the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome are among the greatest in the world. Later in life he designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica there as well. The Pieta (1499) The Creation of Adam from the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1511-1512)
Station 4- Botticelli Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance. His work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting, and The Birth of Venus and Betrothal of the Virgin rank now among the most familiar masterpieces of Florentine art. Botticelli is famous for his mastery of perspective. This is when objects further away are smaller in the painting and closer objects appear larger. Make note of this in Betrothal. The Birth of Venus (1486) Venus and Mars (1483)