Renaissance Artists

Directions: Use 3-5 minutes to double check this subject’s Power School for your class grade and work listings verifying that all work is caught up. Read and heed embedded messages. Next, research your part of the following topics and figure out answers to the questions. Write your questions and detailed answers on lined paper or your notebook paper. These questions and related answers are required to be handed in, once the class discussion is completed. You are expected to use the time completely, be through and become knowledgeable. Write down any puzzles you have related to the material on your paper and bring them up during the class discussion. Warning: If you are found to be using your research time for other things, it will hurt your learning and grade. If you think or claim to be done, you are not! Once your assigned part is ready, then help others on your team or study the test resources from Mr. Spitzer’s web page for the upcoming test. No games, non-topic talk or other activities allowed during research time. The class will research as much as time allows before team sharing and whole class discussion. Since there is always more to learn, Mr. Spitzer encourages you to look into this topic more on your own time. Your class work grade includes: 1. Entire use of time while researching. 2. Answer questions & pay attention during team sharing. 3. Paying attention & participate during class discussion. 4. Turning in your readable questions & notes. Team members who do not do their share, provide hasty sloppy answers, disrupt others and use time ineffectivelyin the four grade aspects will be removed from the team and required to write out and turn in all answers on their own for the grade.

Topics to Research:

Giotto diBondone

Florence as a center of art: Paolo Uccello, Donatello

Raphael

Venice School of Art: Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Jacopo Robusti (Tintoretto)

Mid 16th Century Art Change

Renaissance architecture

Questions to be able to discuss

  1. How did Giotto diBondone lead the way for realistic art at the start of the Renaissance?
  2. What developments characterized Florentine painting after the time of Giotto? Why was Florence important as a center of Renaissance art?
  3. What artistic qualities were the following Florentine artists known for? Paolo Uccello, Donatello
  4. Who was Raphael? (RafffaelloSanti) Describe his type of paintings. Who did he work for painting frescoes at the Vatican? What were the subjects of those Vatican frescoes? What are frescoes? How was he a master of space composition?
  5. What artistic qualities were the following Venetian artists known for? Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Jacopo Comin Tintoretto i.e. “Jacopo Robusti” & “Il Furioso”)
  6. What subject matter changes occurred in painting in the mid-16th Century?
  7. On which earlier civilizations styles was Renaissance architecture based? Why and how did it differ from earlier styles of architecture?

Critical Thinking

  1. How did Renaissance art reflect the spirit of humanism? Cite two or more specific examples.
  2. In what ways was Renaissance painting changed from art in the Middle Ages?
  3. Consider the role of the artist both in Renaissance society and in our modern society. How do you think it has changed or stayed the same? What do you think is the best role? Why?