Chapter 17 Study Guide

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance

• Leonardo, Madonna of the Rocks, 1483
• Leonardo, Last Supper, 1495
• Raphael, School of Athens, 1509-1511
• Michelangelo, Pietà (Roman), 1498-1500
• Michelangelo, David, 1501-1504
• Michelangelo, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508-1512
• Michelangelo, Last Judgment, 1536-1541

Venetian Renaissance

• Giorgione, The Tempest, c. 1510
• Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1536-1538
• Tintoretto, Last Supper, 1594
• Veronese, Christ in the House of Levi, 1573

Mannerism

• Pontormo, Entombment of Christ, 1525-1528
• Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, 1534-1540
• Giovanni (da Bologna), Abduction of the Sabine Women, 1579-1583

Short Answer

1. Define the following terms:
1. disegno
2. chiaroscuro
3. sfumato
4. impasto
2. What institution functioned as the greatest source of artistic patronage in Cinquecento Italy?
3. Why did Leonardo consider painting to be superior to sculpture?
4. Why was Michelangelo resistant to receiving the commission for the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
5. What is the major difference between Early and High Renaissance architecture?
6. What is the major difference between the painting style of Venice and that of central Italy?
7. What is poesia?
8. Identify one major obstacle that prevented many women from pursuing a career in art in the Renaissance.
9. Identify 2 features of Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library that classify it as Mannerist

Visual Analysis 2

Analyze the work of art you have been assigned (Image 1 if you are in the first group, Image 2 if you are in the second - do NOT compare and contrast them or write about both). Attempt to identify the artist, subject, culture, and approximate time period of the work using visual evidence and your own knowledge of history and art. Do not simply list off facts you have found through Google. Support any conclusions you come to with specific details from the work. Discuss anything you may find interesting in the piece such as potential symbols, connections with other works, or artistic virtuosity.

Write down your impressions (at least a paragraph) to be handed in on Thursday.

Image 1:

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Image 2:

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Visual Analysis 1

Analyze the work of art you have been assigned (Image 1 if you are in the first group, Image 2 if you are in the second - do NOT compare and contrast them or write about both). Attempt to identify the artist, subject, culture, and approximate time period of the work using visual evidence and your own knowledge of history and art. Do not simply list off facts you have found through Google. Support any conclusions you come to with specific details from the work. Discuss anything you may find interesting in the piece such as potential symbols, connections with other works, or artistic virtuosity.

Write down your impressions (at least a paragraph) to be handed in on Tuesday.

Image 1:

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Image 2:

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Chapter 16 Study Guide

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Early Italian Renaissance

• Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac, 1401-1402
• Donatello, David, c. 1440-1460
• Masaccio, Holy Trinity (from Santa Maria Novella), c. 1424-1427
• Ghirlandaio, Birth of the Virgin, c. 1485-1490
• Uccello, Battle of San Romano, c. 1435 or c. 1455
• Botticelli, Primavera, c. 1482
• Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, 1481-1483
• Mantegna, Foreshortened Christ (Lamentation over the Dead Christ), c. 1500

Short Answer

1. Renaissance Florence saw itself as the inheritor of which ancient civilization?
2. Which biblical personage did Renaissance Florence associate itself with? Which mythological figure did it associate itself with?
3. Why is the Medici family important to the development of the Renaissance?
4. Explain what perspective is and name the two kinds of perspective discussed in class.
5. What is contrapposto? Give an example of a Quattrocento sculpture that exhibits the use of contrapposto.
6. Which classical tradition did Donatello revive in his portrait of ‘Gattamelata’?
7. How does Uccello demonstrate clear linear perspective in his seemingly chaotic Battle of San Romano?
8. In what way did Alberti differentiate the three stories of the Palazzo Rucellai that makes each story look progressively lighter? Which classical building served as his inspiration for this?
9. Who was Girolamo Savonarola? What were his beliefs regarding the Medici and humanism and what effect did his beliefs have on Florence in the 1490s?

Chapter 15 Study Guide

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

Early Northern Renaissance

• Claus Sluter, Well of Moses, 1395-1406
• Melchior Broederlam, Retable de Champmol (Dijon Altarpiece), 1399
• Robert Campin, Merode Altarpiece, c. 1425-1428
• Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (open and closed), 1432
• Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Double Portrait (Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife), 1434
• Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, c. 1435
• Limbourg Brothers, January (From Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry), 1413-1416

Short Answer

1. Why did Northern Renaissance artists tend to paint biblical subjects in contemporary settings?
2. What is a donor portrait?
3. Which new artistic medium allowed Northern painters to replicate surface details to such a minute degree?
4. How did artists guilds benefit both artists and patrons?
5. Why is Saint Luke the patron saint of painters?
6. What is a book of hours?
7. Which two forms of image printing became popular after the invention of the moveable-type printing press?

Chapter 14 Study Guide

Late Medieval Italy

Late Medieval Italy

• Nicola Pisano, Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds, panel from baptistery pulpit, 1259-1260
• Giotto, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, c. 1305
• Duccio, Betrayal of Jesus, from Maesta Altarpiece, 1309-1311
• Pietro Lorenzetti, Birth of the Virgin, 1342

Short Answer

1. How did Giotto’s style differ from that of his contemporaries?
2. The term Renaissance translates to ‘rebirth.’ To what does this ‘rebirth’ refer?
3. Briefly summarize the following common subjects of Christian art:
1. Annunciation
2. Nativity
3. Adoration of the Shepherds
4. Adoration of the Magi
5. Crucifixion
6. Deposition/Descent from the Cross
7. Lamentation
4. List three common stylistic features of Byzantine art.
5. Explain the buon fresco technique. Name one advantage and one disadvantage it has over fresco secco.
6. How did the Black Death influence the production of art in the mid-14th century?
7. What is a patron?

Syllabus

Instructor: Lauren Vaughan Fall 2015

Lauren.Vaughan@rccd.edu

art2fall2015.blogspot.com

Art 2

Renaissance through Contemporary

Tuesday/Thursday

Tentative Schedule

Tue Sep 1 Introduction

Thu Sep 3 Late Medieval Italy

Tue Sep 8 Early Northern Renaissance

Thu Sep 10 Early Northern Renaissance

Tue Sep 15 Early Italian Renaissance

Thu Sep 17 Early Italian Renaissance

Tue Sep 22 High Renaissance

Thu Sep 24 High Renaissance

Tue Sep 29 High Renaissance

Thu Oct 1 Mannerism

Tue Oct 6 Test 1 (Late Medieval Italy through High Renaissance)

Thu Oct 8 High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe

Tue Oct 13 Baroque

Thu Oct 15 Baroque

Tue Oct 20 Baroque

Thu Oct 22 Baroque

Tue Oct 27 Baroque

Thu Oct 29 Rococo and Enlightenment

Tue Nov 3 Neoclassicism and Romanticism

Thu Nov 5 Test 2 (Italian Mannerism through Enlightenment)

Tue Nov 10 19th Century

Thu Nov 12 19th Century

Tue Nov 17 19th Century

Thu Nov 19 19th Century

Tue Nov 24 Modernism

Thu Nov 26 THANKSGIVING

Tue Dec 1 Modernism

Thu Dec 3 Modernism

Tue Dec 8 Modernism and Postmodernism

Thu Dec 10 Contemporary Art Worldwide

FINAL EXAM 

12:45 Class - Thu Dec 17, 11 AM - 1:30 PM

3:55 Class - Tue Dec 15, 2 - 4:30 PM

Required Text:

Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, The Western Perspective, Volume 2. 14th Edition. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2014.

(13th Edition Acceptable)

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1. Identify, describe, and discuss art in its historical context

2. Critique, compare, and contrast various artists, artworks, and styles

3. Describe, analyse, and discuss the styles of various cultures, historical periods, media, techniques, artworks, and artists, and formulate these observations and evaluations into written form

4. Articulate their ideas concerning art through the use of appropriate art terminology in both written form and class discussion

Testing, Assignments, and Grading

2 Essays (40 points each)

Weekly Visual Analysis (5 points each)

2 Tests (30 points each) - lowest score dropped

Final Exam (40 points)

Optional visit to museum or gallery with collection(s) relevant to the course and 2-3 page write-up (5 points extra credit)

A         90%+

B         80 - 89%

C         70 - 79%

D         60 - 69%

F         -59%

Essays

Students will be presented with 2-4 essay questions exactly two weeks prior to the essay due date. They will be responsible for choosing 1 question and writing a 3-4 page essay that answers the question. Students must support their position with analyses of specific examples of artworks and demonstrate an understanding of the culture(s) relevant to their essay subject.

Visual Analysis

Students will be given an image-based assignment each week, which will be designed to improve visual analytical skills. These will come in a variety of forms and will sometimes be posted to the class website and at other times will be completed in class.

Tests

5 Slide Identifications

Identify artist, title, and culture/style of each image.

1 Analysis

Choose one image from the slide identification section to analyse in depth regarding style, symbolic meaning, function, cultural significance, and historical background (1-2 paragraphs)

1 Set of Compare and Contrast

You will be given two images. Identify artist, title, and culture/style of each image and analyse their similarities and differences in style, symbolic meaning, function, and how they are representative of their respective cultures (approx 2 paragraphs)

5-10 Questions from the Study Guide

Final Exam

5 Slide Identifications

1 Analysis

2 Sets of Compare and Contrast

5-10 Questions from the Study Guide

**All images on the Exam and Quizzes are from the textbook. You are responsible for knowing all the illustrations indicated on the slide lists from your study guides.

Note the Following Important Items. Read Carefully!

Dropping: This is your responsibility. Failure to file the correct paperwork may result in receiving an F.

Cheating: If caught cheating, you will be dropped from the course. If the drop date has passed, an F will be given for the course.

Plagiarism: You are encouraged to use outside resources (alongside your lecture notes and textbook) when composing essays. However, you must properly cite all sources used. Plagiarism will result in a score of 0 on the assignment.

Special Accommodations: If you have a documented disability that may impact your ability to carry out the assigned course work, I urge you to let me know and contact Disabled Student Program Services at (951) 222-8060. They will review your concerns and determine with you and me what reasonable accommodations are appropriate. All information about the disability is confidential. All determinations and paperwork must be filed at least 2 weeks before the exam or assignment is due. Requests that are not made within a timely manner cannot be honoured.

No Make-up Tests or Final

The Final Exam is Required for Passing the Course.