There will be a test Friday, Nov. 4 over chapter 12, Early Renaissance, and Chapter 13, The High Renaissance in Italy
define:
fresco
neo-platonism
pyramidal arrangement
patron
Christian humanism
sibyl
terribilitÃ
Explain who or what these are and why they are important:
Florence
Rome
Venice
Massaccio
Ghiberti
Brunelleschi
The Medici Era
Cosimo de'Medici
Donatello
Fra Angelico
Lorenzo the Magnificent (Il Magnifico)
Botticelli
Fra Savonarola
Marsilio Ficino
Machiavelli
The Prince
Erasmus
Pope Julius II
Bramante
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Titian
Giorgione
Tintoretto
St. Peter's Basilica
Be able to identify and discuss:
Giovanni Amolfini and His Bride by Van Eyck
Florence Baptistry doors (Gates of Paradise)
The Holy Trinity by Masaccio
The Tribute Money by Masaccio
The Annunciation by Fra Angelico
La Primavera by Botticelli
The Birth of Venus by Botticelli
Adoration of the Magi by Botticelli
Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore (the Florence Cathedral) by Brunelleschi
The School of Athens by Raphael
Madonna of the Meadow by Raphael
The Transfiguration by Raphael
The Last Supper by Leonardo
The Last Supper by Tintoretto
Donatello's David
Sistine Chapel ceiling, by Michelangelo
Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo
Michelangelo's David
Michaelangelo's Moses
Michaelangelo's Boboli Captives
Venus of Urbino by Titian
Enthroned Madonna with Saints by Giorgione,
Madonna of the Long Neck by Parmagiano,
Deposition by Pontormo
Discuss: (Refer to readings and/or powerpoints)
1) What were some of the causes of the Renaissance?
2) What were the primary sites of the Renaissance, and in what order?
3) What are the characteristics of Early Renaissance art?
4) What was the role of the Medici family in the Florentine Renaissance? Discuss the three greatest of them.
5) "Man is the measure of all things" has been said to be a fitting motto for the Renaissance. Discuss why, and compare the Renaissance to the "dark ages." From a Christian point of view, was the Renaissance really an improvement?
6) Compare and contrast the two styles of humanism represented by Machiavelli and Erasmus.
7) Compare Michelangelo's style with Raphael's style. How would you tell them apart?
8) Discuss Michelangelo's ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
9) Compare Leonardo's Last Supper with Tintoretto's Last Supper. How could you tell who painted which?
10) What are the characteristics of Mannerist art?
11) What are some examples of neoplatonism in Renaissance painting?
