We're all working frantically on our 3.3 Examine Media and Process. Don't forget that the Task 1 flowcharts have got to be ready for class on Friday 12th - on 'post it notes' , stuck onto A3, is fine. Please let us know before then if you're having problems setting the work out - email me here or catch up after class. To help a lot more with the Fresco aspect of the assignment, we'll be watching how Michelangelo probably painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Here's what else we're covering this week.....................
Piero della Francesca and his painting The Flagellation. Not a nice topic but a very important painting, that's for sure. He's our main man for Week 6, picture and quote of the week too.
Piero painted this while living in Urbino and working for the Duke, Federico de Montefeltro. We'll find out a little more about old big nose and what made him so influential.
Remember that book from last week, Della Pittura ( or De Pictura for the boffins) ? Leon Battista Alberti was first to write down rules of linear perspective for artists to follow, and we'll be looking at his Rules of Perspective and ideas of Historia - how to make a perfect picture.
And lastly, a little more sexy mathematics - the Golden Ratio, aka Golden Section and phi -
Euclid, Fibonnacci and Pythagoras - the dream team.
What happens when numbers, art and architecture come together for Piero ?
See the YouTube clip to appreciate how Piero portrays 3D shapes on a 2D surface. Wowzer.
3 comments:
Pythagoras is spelt wrong :P just thought I'd mention it :)
Pythagoras is spelt wrong... just thought I'd mention it :P
Thanks Rebekah. It's good to have someone paying attention to what I write. I'll change it tonight. Keep up the good work. Mrs G :-}
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