Section 13: The High Renaissance (Italian, German, Netherlands)


1.  According to 19th-Century scholars, the High Renaissance period ended with what event?

2.  Explain the concept behind da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.

3How do the numbers 3 and 4 repeatedly relate to the characters in da Vinci's The Last Supper?

4.  What are the four branches of knowledge according to the 16th century papacy that Raphael included in the Vatican paintings?

5.  What's the difference between a "pietą" and a "lamentation" of Christ?

6.  Michelangelo was a brilliant sculptor, painter and architect. Give an example work of each medium.

7.  Explain the difference in a "latin cross plan" versus a "greek cross plan" when building the new St. Peter's.

8.  Who was Isabella d'Este?  (Note: Don't just say, "Female patron of the arts.")  ;-)

9.  Describe the process which Tintoretto often used to create compositions on canvas.

10. How does Mannerism differ from the rest of Italian Renaissance?

11.  Describe at least three characteristics of the Mannerist style of architecture.

12.  List some affects that the Reformation had on life & art.

Terms To Know

sfumato
contrapposto
foreshortening
cartoons
pietą
hemicycles
blind windows
 
"sacra conversazione"
Mannerism
School of Fountainebleu
colossal order
Protestant Reformation

 

 

Artwork to remember

Raphael, School of Athens, Stanza della Segnatura (Vatican, Rome) 1510-1511. da Vinci, The Last Supper, Tempera and
Oil on Plaster, 1495-1498.
da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503-1506,
Oil on Wood panel.
Raphael, The Small Cowper Madonna, 1505, Oil on Panel Michelangelo, David, 1501-1504, Marble. Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome,
built 1475-1481.
Church of Il Gesu, Rome (1568-1584). Matthias Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece,
c1510-1515.
Hans Holbein the Younger,
Henry the VIII. 1540.
Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych,  c1505-1515
(Check out THIS link!)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder,
Hunters in The Snow, 1565
El Greco, Burial of Count Orgaz, 1586.