To add to the excitement of starting our holiday, we also start working on the Internal Achievement Standard, Examine a Theory and it's role in Art, for a whopping 4 credits -so that should equate to about 40 hours of work - yikes.
Luckily, we'll be spending quite a bit of time on the topic in class in Term 2 and the work required will follow smaller deadlines leading up to the big kahuna - use your time line to help with this.
This week we also start our CSI detective work on the High Renaissance.
The first aspects we'll unearthing include:
Plato and his theories, which were all the rage in the High Renaissance,
Cosimo de Medici and Marsilio Ficino who made Plato groovey,
and a movement known as Neo-Platonism .
The High Renaissance is time when everything artistic reaches the absolute pinnacle of perfection, which only lasts a short time, (about 30 to 40 years - and that's not long when you're as old as me).
Our main focus will be Michelangelo and Raphael, with a little bit of lovely Leonardo and his later works, thrown in for good measure.
Anyway, on with the facts: Idealisation and the Influence of Antiquity.
This topic mainly centres around Rome and the Renaissance obsession with all things classical.
Hard for us to imagine, but by 15c all that was left of the ancient relics of Rome, was rubble; fallen buildings had been dismantled, sites were leveled off and built over the top. Even today wonderful mosaics and murals created 2000 years ago are being discovered through drains and construction sites.
Obviously the Renaissance celebrities and scholars wanted a piece of the ancient action and got to work rebuilding this glorious city, bank rolled by, you guessed it, the Catholic Church and a few wannabie families.
First on the list of to do's was rebuilding St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, home to the Pope. This was none other than Julius II "Warrior Pope"- not a man to be messed with and a lover of classical antiquity and art. It was his vision that turned the decaying city of Rome into a symbol of papal power and authority. He collected some rather lovely stuff along the way, including classical sculptures being unearthed in Rome.
There are three biggies you need to know, all of which he kept in the Vatican and were studied and copied by artists:
Roman copy of Greek original, from 4BC - Apollo Belvedere
Roman copy of Greek original, from 2 BC- Laocoon Group
and the Belvedere Torso from 1 BC
Anyway, that's Ciao for now. Have an eggscellent Easter holiday, get plenty of rest, but don't leave the studying until the last day.
There's a Neo Platonism test on the first day back - just because I love you :-)
Happy Holiday Viewing
Term 1 Week 10 2011
Kia ora class
It's all down hill this week towards a chocolate filled Easter, only another week after this left.
It's all down hill this week towards a chocolate filled Easter, only another week after this left.
For those back from camp, I trust you are well rested (and clean).
Well done to all of you on 3.3, that's your first 3 credits already.
We start 3.4 Examine a Theory, next week in time for the holidays - yehah.
Firstly, we need to check we are all happy with the facts and notes we each have on Piero della Francesca. That includes covering the Montefeltro Portraits from last week.
Well done to all of you on 3.3, that's your first 3 credits already.
We start 3.4 Examine a Theory, next week in time for the holidays - yehah.
Firstly, we need to check we are all happy with the facts and notes we each have on Piero della Francesca. That includes covering the Montefeltro Portraits from last week.
Please remember workbooks are due to me 11th April.
This week, lovely Leonardo da Vinci.
The ultimate example of a Renaissance Man aka polymath: poet, inventor, scientist, painter, military engineer, singer and vegetarian.
During our lessons together this week we'll be looking at the following works:
The Annunciation
Adoration of the Magi
Lady with an Ermine
Ginevra de Benci - obverse (front) and reverse ( back - duh!)
and herself Mona Lisa remember to watch the clip attached.
Then we'll be taking a close look at the famous Last Supper. Here's some great extra info.
We'll also touch on the controversial Virgin of the Rocks 1483-1486 version and the 1495-1508 version, compare the two and have the visual differences clear in your mind.
This week, lovely Leonardo da Vinci.
The ultimate example of a Renaissance Man aka polymath: poet, inventor, scientist, painter, military engineer, singer and vegetarian.
During our lessons together this week we'll be looking at the following works:
The Annunciation
Adoration of the Magi
Lady with an Ermine
Ginevra de Benci - obverse (front) and reverse ( back - duh!)
and herself Mona Lisa remember to watch the clip attached.
Then we'll be taking a close look at the famous Last Supper. Here's some great extra info.
We'll also touch on the controversial Virgin of the Rocks 1483-1486 version and the 1495-1508 version, compare the two and have the visual differences clear in your mind.
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