- Students are to research six works of art by their assigned artist. They must come up with five talking points for each piece of artwork and the piece of artwork must also be located in Italy. Each talking point should be about a different aspect of the piece of artwork.
- Partners are each responsible for three works of art each.
- Students must fill out their four-column chart, using each column for a different piece of artwork.
- Students are to ask themselves these questions as they research their artist’s pieces:
- Is this piece a representation of the artist’s mature style?
- Where is the piece of artwork located in Italy?
- Is it in its original location or has it been moved?
- For works of sculpture: Was this piece originally outside?
- For paintings: Is this piece a fresco or an oil painting?
- Has the piece of artwork been restored recently?
- What medium is the piece created with?
- What are the dominant characteristics of the piece?
- What shows the viewer that this is definitely a piece of artwork by your artist?
- Who was the piece created for?
- Was it commissioned by a church or the pope?
- Students should use these websites to conduct their search:
- Michelangelo
- http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Michelangelo (David, Pieta, Moses, Slaves, Laurentian Library, Sistine Chapel- Last Judgment and Ceiling)
- http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html (works of art)
- http://www.michelangelobuonarroti.org/index.html (works of art and sculpture: gives location and info.)
- Leonardo da Vinci
- http://www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com/ (artwork)
- http://arthistory.about.com/od/leonardo/ig/leonardo_paintings/ (artwork)
- http://www.googleartproject.com/artist/leonardo-da-vinci/4132008/ (click on Annunciation or Adoration of the Magi and “details”)
- http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/art-history-1500-1600-end-of-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/v/leonarda-da-vinci-s-letter-to-the-duke-of-milan (also click on videos on The Last Supper and Adoration of the Magi)
- Raphael
- http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Raphael+ (School of Athens, Galatea, and Madonna of the Goldfinch)
- http://raphaelbiography.com/ (bio)
- http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Raphael-Biography.html (artwork hyperlinks)
- http://www.artbible.info/art/biography/raphael (gives info on painting locations and info on paintings themselves)
- Donatello
- http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Donatello.html (artwork hyperlinks)
- http://www.wga.hu/html/d/donatell/index.html (artwork)
- http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Donatello (videos on David, Feast of Herod, and Saint Mark)
- Ghiberti
- http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Lorenzo-Ghiberti.html (artwork)
- http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/ghiberti/themes.html (The Gates of Paradise)
- http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/ghiberti/index.html (works of art)
- http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/art-history-1400-1500-renaissance-in-italy-and-the-north/v/brunelleschi---ghiberti--sacrifice-of-isaac--competition-panels--1401-2 (quatrefoil competition between Ghiberti and Brunelleschi)
- Brunelleschi
- http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Brunelleschi (Florence Cathedral Dome, Old Sacristy, San Lorenzo, Pazzi Chapel, Linear Perspective, The Sacrifice of Isaac)
- http://www.yourwaytoflorence.com/db/brunell/cupola.htm (Florence Cathedral dome)
- http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/b/brunelle/biograph.html (artwork)
- http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Brunelleschi.html (artwork hyperlinks)
- Titian
- http://www.artbible.info/art/biography/titian (artwork hyperlinks)
- http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Titian (video on Venus of Urbino)
- Fra Angelico
- http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Fra+Angelico (The Annunciation Prado and San Marco)
- http://www.artbible.info/art/biography/fra-angelico (artwork)
- Botticelli
- http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Botticelli (videos on the Birth of Venus and Primavera)
- http://historylink101.com/art/Sandro_Botticelli/index.htm (artwork info.)
- http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Sandro-Botticelli.html (artwork hyperlinks)
- Masolino
- http://www.googleartproject.com/collection/uffizi-gallery/artwork/saint-anne-metterza-masaccio-masolino-cassai-fini/329461/# (click on details for artwork info.)
- http://www.artbible.info/art/biography/masolino (short bio and artwork info.)
- http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/m/masolino/biograph.html (short bio and artwork info.)
- Masaccio
- http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Masaccio (videos on The Tribute Money, Holy Trinity, and the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden)
- http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Masaccio.html (art hyperlinks
- http://www.artbible.info/art/biography/masaccio (short bio and artwork info.)
- http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/brancacci_chapel.html (Brancacci Chapel)
Day 2
You and your partner are to research six works of art by your artist. (Each of you does three works of art.)