Thursday, 2 December 2021
Response to text: Michelangelo
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1. Introducing Michelangelo - what year was he born?
1475 b) 1564
c) 1745 d) 2021
2. Michelangelo was not only involved with art but with … ?
a) coding b) architecture
c) engineering d) business
3. What famous art creations is Michelangelo known for ?
a)Mona Lisa b)Madonna
c) David d)Sistine Chapel Ceiling
4. “… His most famous paintings are huge frescos..”
What does the word fresco mean?
→a painting done rapidly in watercolour on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colours penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
5. True or False: Before Michelangelo passed away, he was still supervising the construction of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
a) True b) False
Explain your answer:
=>The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style
6. Working for the Medici family (most powerful family in Florence), Michelangelo benefited by?
Learning new things about his craft
More recognition for his accomplishments and commission
He was getting free lunches.
His family were too poor to look after him
7. With the artwork from Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?
Avengers
b) nature, admiration of human beauty
c) architecture
d) Painting, sculptures
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Response to text: Raphael
Raphael
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1. Who is renowned as the greatest painters of the High Renaissance?
Donatello b) Raphael
c) Michelangelo d) Leonardo
2. Which painting is Raphael best known for?
a) Mona Lisa b) David
c) Madonna d) Gabriel
3. Who were Raphael’s earlier mentors for his craft?
a) Leonardo da Vinci b) Pietro Perugino
c) Giovanni Santi d) Magia di Battista
4. Why is Giovanni Santi significant in Raphael’s life?
→ The emphasis of Federico's court was more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments.
5. True or False: Raphael had a pleasant childhood.
a) True b) False
Explain your answer:
=> Raphael was the only child of three to survive infancy. His mother died in 1491 when Raphael was nine years old, and his father remarried to Bernardina, the daughter of a goldsmith, the following year. His father provided Raphael's early training as a painter.
6. Why would Raphael choose to be an apprentice of Pietro Perugino?
Because Perugine was famous around the world for his work
He had an important commission working on the Sistine Chapel
He had no one to select from.
Leonardo & Michelangelo didn’t like him
7. With the artwork from Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael, what does Renaissance art include?
Pointillism collage
b) comic art
c) human beauty, nature, religion deities
d) Painting, sculptures
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