Activity - Could you have been a Renaissance artist?
Background:
After taking notes and learning about “techniques” that artists like Leonardo Da
Vinci, Van Eyck, Raphael, and Michelangelo used during the Renaissance, do you
think you could have been an artist during this time?
Pick 1 of the artists to learn more about and click on their “link” below…
Raphael’s “School of Athens”
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/school-ofathens.html?searched=Raphael&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1
Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/leonardo-monalisa.html?searched=leonardo+vinci&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1+ajax
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Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam”
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/sistine-chapelceiling.html?searched=michelangelo%5C%5C%5C%27s+creation+adam&highlight=ajaxSearch_h
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Jan Van Eyck “Arnolfini and wife”
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/giovanni-arnolfini-and-hiswife.html?searched=eyck&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1
To Do:
After watching the video about the artist, print off/answer the following
questions:
Painting: __________________________
Artist: ______________________
1. What “technique”(s) do you notice the artist used when creating the painting?
2. Where could we see this painting now?
3. What does this painting make you feel when you’re looking at it and why?
4. Now, attempt to “sketch” the painting you chose. (For Michelangelo, do
“Creation of Adam”). Remember to try and use perspective, sfumato,
balance/proportion, or foreshortening…