Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Paintings and Sculpture of the Renaissance Foldable

First you need to make the foldable:
https://snapguide.com/guides/create-a-four-door-book-foldable/

The four doors on the front are labeled: Who, When, Where, and How

The flat front side is labeled with the name of the painting and at the bottom is your heading and sources list.

You need to pick a painting from the Renaissance, date range 1350-1550

WHO

Artists name: Examples below

Veronese
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Donatello
Michelangelo
Leonardo De Vinchi
Botticelli
Raphael

When

When was it made?
Where was it made?
Where is it displayed now?

How

What techniques does it use:

Is it a Fresco? (page 355 in textbook)
Do they use Realism?
Do they use perspective?
How do they use shadows and light?

Use this cheat sheet to help you to figure out the perspectives:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tuCt8FggyTBENztnVuv8d6c26eMZes01
What 

What is the painting about?
Is it a painting or a sculpture?
What strikes you about the piece as interesting or unusual?

Examples of Renaissance Art that you could use:
Mona Lisa

School of Athens

David

Birth of Venus