Unit 11
Renaissance
Perspective
Between the years 1500 and 1527 (sacking of Rome) saw a prodigious outpouring in Italy in all the visual arts. In Rome under the patronage of pope, Julius II, works of startling novelty by Raphael and Michelangelo were created.
Renaissance is a French word for "rebirth". This time of innovation and new ideas sprung from many global advancements. European exploration of the Americas and the South Pacific Islands expanded knowledge. The invention of the printing press advanced the art making process and allowed for a wider audience.
Unit Overview:
The visionary goal of the High Renaissance art was a perfect union of the human and Divine. This period of great awakening where commerce spread wealth increased, knowledge multiplied, and the arts flourished. Artists and scholars became interested the arts and literature of Greece and Rome.
Unit Summary:
During the Renaissance many changes occurred in the way people viewed life and the world around them. How the de Medici family influenced the work of many artists including Botticelli will be covered. As well we will be looking at the works of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello and Sofonisba Auguissola. Each artist and specific works will be discussed for the influences that caused these amazing artists to make choices of composition and size. The ultimate message with be topics for table group discussions.
Northern Renaissance accomplishments will be discussed and connections made with symbolism used by the artists.
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Vocabulary
aerial perspective - uses hue, value, and intensity to show distance in a painting.
linear perspective - a graphic system that showed artists how to create the illusion of depth and volume on a flat surface.
Pieta - carved by Michelangelo while in his early 20s. This work shows Mary mourning over the body of Christ.
foreshortening - Seeing a long object head on so it looks compressed.
fresco - A method of painting in which pigments are applied to a thin layer of wet plaster.
mannerism - A European art style that developed 1520 and 1600. This style emphasized emotion and distortion.
gesso - A mixture of glue and a white pigment such as plaster, chalk, or white clay for use as a surface for painting.
tempera - A paint made of dry pigments, or color which are mixed with a binding material.
Contrast - This term refers to a way of combining art elements to stress the differences between those elements
leading lines.
rule of thirds - Is a guideline which applies to the process of composing. proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.
Focus/Guiding Question:
Who were the artists of the Italian renaissance and what were their contributions?
What was the impact of printing press on the middle class.
Foundation Question:
How can linear and aerial perspective be used to create depth and space?
Student Learning Objectives:
Students will be able compare and contrast historical styles.
Student Learning Goals
Students will discuss the reasons why there were few artworks artworks by women artists before the Renaissance.
Targeted CPALMS and Content Standards:
VA.912.S.3.4 Demonstrate personal responsibility, ethics, and integrity, including respect for intellectual property, when accessing information and creating works of art.
VA.912.H.1.9 Describe the significance of major artists, architects, or masterworks to understand their historical influences.
VA.912.H.3.2 Apply the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills used in art to develop creative solutions for real-life issues.
LAFS.910.WHST.2.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Reading a Painting
The School of Athens
fresco
500 cm × 770 cm
Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
Raphael
Inquiry Question:
What new ideas that are being embraced by the church? How do the images in this fresco lend to these conclusions?
Formative Assessment:
Individual conferences and sketchbook check.
~2 pages text and images about Renaissance Art and notes.
~Daily Jumpstart practices.
~ 2 Full pages of drawing that resembles Leonardo's work. No Disney or cartoons!
Summative Assessment:
Quizzes and Critiques with project rubric assessments
Technology Assessment:
Students post on Schoololgy the school of Athens reading of a painting.
Unit Project choices:
Students will be creating an linear perspective drawing. This can be of any subject that has a background, middle ground, and foreground. The final product must be 11 x 16.
