Monday, Feb. 6: Assignment #77
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.
Tuesday, February 7: Assignment #78
Complete the 9 box sheet on the Ghent altarpiece. It discusses this work on pages 551-553. This is an important piece of artwork! Notice that there are 2 images for it, 20-5 and 20-6.
Wednesday, February 8: Assignment #79
Please complete the worksheet on patrimony. Use an example from the Italian Renaissance, the Northern Renaissance, an ABET work, and a pre-Renaissance work.
Thursday, Feb 9: Assignment #80
16th 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?
Friday, February 10: Assignment #81
Short answer essay from 1999
Short answer essay from 2001.
These should each take you
10 minutes, so 20 minutes in total. Not all of the images are in your text, you will need to use other sources of information.
