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Post by Charity on Oct 29, 2004 11:51:51 GMT -5
Coming Monday
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:21:06 GMT -5
Michelangelo Buonarroti. 1475-1504 He is one of the greatest artists of all time, a man whose name has become synonymous with the word "masterpiece": Michelangelo Buonarroti. As an artist he was unmatched, the creator of works of sublime beauty that express the full breadth of the human condition. Yet in a world where art flourished only with patronage, Michelangelo was caught between the conflicting powers and whims of the Medici family in Florence, and the Papacy in Rome. Unlike many artists of his time, his genius was recognized, but at what cost to his personal life? His Birth The second of five brothers, Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, at Caprese, in Tuscany, to Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simoni and Francesca Neri. The same day, his father noted down: "Today March 6, 1475, a child of the male sex has been born to me and I have named him Michelangelo. He was born on Monday between 4 and 5 in the morning, at Caprese, where I am the Podestà ." Although born in the small village of Caprese, Michelangelo always considered himself a "son of Florence," as did his father, "a Citizen of Florence." His Childhood and Youth Buonarroti's mother, Francesca Neri, was too sick and frail to nurse Michelangelo, so he was placed with a wet nurse, in a family of stone cutters, where he, "sucked in the craft of hammer and chisel with my foster mother's milk. When I told my father that I wish to be an artist, he flew into a rage, 'artists are laborers, no better than shoemakers." Buonarroti's mother died young, when the child was only six years old. But even before then, Michelangelo's childhood had been grim and lacking in affection, and he was always to retain a taciturn disposition. Touchy and quick to respond with fierce words, he tended to keep to himself, out of shyness according to some but also, according to others, a lack of trust in his fellows. His father soon recognized the boy's intelligence and "anxious for him to learn his letters, sent him to the school of a master, Francesco Galeota from Urbino, who in that time taught grammar." While he studied the principles of Latin, Michelangelo made friends with a student, Francesco Granacci six years older than him, who was learning the art of painting in Ghirlandaio's studio and who encouraged Michelangelo to follow his own artistic vocation. Leg Study #2 Early Life in Florence Michelangelo's father, now a minor Florentine official with connections to the ruling Medici family, was a man obsessed with preserving what little remained of the Buonarroti fortunes. With few properties and monies remaining Ludovico hoped that with his studies, Michelangelo could become a successful merchant or businessman, thereby preserving the Buonarroti position in society. When Michelangelo turned 13-years old he shocked and enraged his father when told that he had agreed to apprentice in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. After about one year of learning the art of fresco, Michelangelo went on to study at the sculpture school in the Medici gardens and shortly thereafter was invited into the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent. There he had an opportunity to converse with the younger Medici, two of whom later became popes (Leo X and Clement VII). He also became acquainted with such humanists as Marsilo Ficino and the poet Angelo Poliziano, frequent visitors to the Medici court. His Studies of Anatomy During the years he spent in the Garden of San Marco, Michelangelo began to study human anatomy. In exchange for permission to study corpses (which was strictly forbidden by The Church), the prior of the church of Santo Spirito, Niccolò Bichiellini, received a wooden Crucifix from Michelangelo (detail of Christ's face). But his contact with the dead bodies caused problems with his health, obliging him to interrupt his activities periodically. Michelangelo produced at least two relief sculptures by the time he was 16 years old, the Battle of the Centaurs and the Madonna of the Stairs (both 1489-92, Casa Buonarroti, Florence), which show that he had achieved a personal style at a precocious age. In Michelangelo's personal diary he recounts his first two works: "My first work was a small bas-relief, The Madonna of the Stairs. Mary, Mother of God, sits on the rock of the church. The child curls back into her body. She foresees his death, and his return on the stairway to heaven. "My second work, another small relief. My tutor read me the myth of the battle of the Lapiths against the Centaurs. The wild forces of Life, locked in heroic combat. "Already at 16, my mind was a battlefield: my love of pagan beauty, the male nude, at war with my religious faith. A polarity of themes and forms...one spiritual, the other earthly, I've kept these carvings on the walls of my studio to this very day more... www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-early.html
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:21:50 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:23:32 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:29:39 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:38:44 GMT -5
Have student do more research using encyclopedia and books/internet. Use this basic study sheet for basic facts. You can add to this if you like.
ART STUDY SHEET (1)
NAME_________________ DATE_________________
ARTIST SUBJECT OF THE WEEK_________________________
ARTIST WAS BORN IN WHAT COUNTRY_____________________________
ARTIST WAS BORN IN WHAT YEAR________
ARTIST DIED IN WHAT YEAR___________
WHAT STYLE OF ART WAS THIS ARTIST BEST KNOWN FOR_____________________________________
WHO OR WHAT WAS THIS ARTISTS' PRIMARY INSPIRATION______________________________
NAME AT LEAST THREE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WORKS OF THIS ARTIST:
1.____________________________________ 2.____________________________________ 3.____________________________________
WHAT DOES THE WORK OF THIS ARTIST SAY ABOUT THE PERSON HE OR SHE WAS_________________________________
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:41:14 GMT -5
Michelangelo Coloring Pages Michelangelo: The Delphes Sylphide Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) was a great Italian Renaissance artist. Michelangelo's Delphes Sylphide is part of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican; the Sistine Chapel was painted from 1508 to 1512. www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/michelangelo/coloring/delphes.shtml
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:44:37 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:46:40 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:49:13 GMT -5
Q & A 1. What title did he earn even while alive? 2. What kind of education did he get? 3. What was the reaction of his father to his desire to sculpt? 4. What is a fresco? 5. Who became his patron? 6. What was the name of his first sculpture? 7. What age was he when he did it? 8. What were the 2 major themes of his work? 9. How did he learn anatomy? 10. What is the topic of the Pieta? 11. With what other famous painter did he have a life long rivalry? 12. Did he want to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling? 13. Why did he say it took him so long? 14. Did he stand or lie to paint it? 15. How long did it take him? 16. Number of painted figures on the ceiling. 17. What age was he when it was done? 18. Was he successful in his lifetime? Proof? 19. How wealthy was he in modern terms? 20.What is the name of the painting he did in the front of the Sistine? 21. What about his painting most often offended people? 22. Did he believe he was going to heaven or hell? How do you know? users.rcn.com/jdschoo/Renaissancefile/MichelangeloVideo.htm
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:51:00 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:53:40 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 12:56:10 GMT -5
Go to this link and read: Visit to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican Then answer these questions: LINK: www.wga.hu/tours/sistina/title.htmlQUESTIONS: Who is the chapel named for? Scroll down Who got Michelangelo to paint the ceiling? Between what dates did he paint it? Click on the picture below 'the ceiling frescoes', then click on 'Michelangelo' on the left. Read his biography and answer these questions. When was he born? Where did he grow up? Look at the 2 sculptures he did at age 16, Madonna of _____________ & Battle of _________________. Click on first Pieta & then David. Tell one fact about each.. These are his most famous sculptures. DAVID PIETA Click back until you find the original page with the four pictures across the bottom. Click on The Last Judgement. Scroll down the left side until you find a description of the two places that Michelangelo put his own face in the picture. What are they? 1. 2. Extra Credit: If you can actually find the specific frames in close up that include his face & point them out to me. Look at the pendentives. What reference do you find there that might be special to me? More... users.rcn.com/jdschoo/Renaissancefile/SistineChapel.htm
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Post by Charity on Nov 1, 2004 13:02:52 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on Nov 4, 2004 15:19:26 GMT -5
ARTIST REPORT
Write a 2-page report on one of the artists listed below. Only one student per artist. Your report will be double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt., and will include the following:
The artistic movement they were associated with; Show 2 of their most famous works (copy and paste pictures of their paintings or sculptures onto your network drive in your Pictures folder - you will show them in a Power Point when you present your oral report to the class). These pictures will be in addition to your 2-page written report; Tell 3 interesting or unique things about their life; When and where they were born (don't just be able to pronounce the city, but know which country it is in); How they began painting (or sculpting), and how their career went (were they successful, did they struggle, etc.); and
Include personal facts about their lives (for example, did they do anything besides art to support themselves, or before they started painting?). Don't forget to save your work periodically - don't wait till the end of the 2-hour class! Save it on your network drive, not on the hard drive (don't just give it a name and click on Save, but go to the right folder). The name of your report should be the name of the artist.
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