Homework: February 6 -12

Assignment #60 - Due: Monday, Feb. 7

Giovanni Bellini, in his continuous development as an artist, created what is known as the Venetian style of painting. 

Trace this development by briefly discussing influential artists, styles, and media. 

Describe the term sacra conversazione.  Give an example and justify your choice.

How do the style characteristics in the Venetian school artworks differ from the Florentine/Roman style? (Name 4 reasons)

Gardner describes Titian as the most prodigious and prolific of the great Venetian painters, in fact, among the very greatest painters of the Western world.

The Madonna of the Pesaro Family (22-36) shows Titian’s individual approach to composition as a variant of the High Renaissance style of Leonardo or Raphael. Explain. 

From the Venus of Urbino (22-61) one can see that Titian uses color as an element of more than mere description but also one that organizes the composition.  Explain

Assignment #61 Due: Tuesday, Feb. 8

What did the term mannerism refer to?

 How does the composition of Pontormo’s Decent From the Cross (22-42) shows characteristics of the Mannerist style?

What piece of sculpture sums up Italian and French Mannerism, and who sculpted it?  What is significant about it?

What church’s design was most influential on later church design and specifically Baroque church architecture? 

Contrast Tintoretto’s Last Supper (22-52) with Leonardo’s Last Supper (22-3).

What seems to have been the major influences on Palladio’s designs, especially on Villa Rotunda? 

 Both the Villa Rotunda and San Giorgio Maggiore are described as “examples of classicism at its most correct, using “rational,” organization. Explain.

Assignment #62 - Due: Wednesday, Feb. 9

16^th c. art in Spain & Northern Europe

Complete the slide notes.

For each piece of art, fully identify with title, artist, date, and time period. Include at least 3 facts about each piece. Think about its use as propaganda, funerary art, public art, religious art, who commissioned it, why was it made, and what purpose did it serve?

Assignment #63 - Due: Thurday, Feb. 10

Short answer essay from 1999.

Short answer essay from 2001.

These should each take you

10 minutes, so 20 minutes in total

Unit test - Friday, Feb. 11^th

Chapters 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

Please study!