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Question 1: Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture in Italy
The biblical hero David was a popular subject for sculpture and painting throughout the Renaissance and into the Baroque period. By studying, comparing, and contrasting sculptures of David created in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, you can begin to see the stylistic changes that occurred across these centuries. In a minimum of 3 well-developed paragraphs, compare and contrast the following 3 sculptures of David:
- Early Renaissance: Donatello. David. 1446-1460.
- High Renaissance: Michelangelo. David. 1501-1504.
- Baroque. Gianlorenzo Bernini. David. 1623.
In your comparison, discuss:
- What specific visual similarities do you observe in these three sculptures?
- What specific differences do you see? Consider the representation of the figure, additional objects portrayed, and the role of the viewer for each sculpture
- How has the attitude of David changed between these three representations?
- How is each sculpture representative of the time period and style in which it was created?
Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by discussing specific works of art that you have read about this week, talking about how they illustrate and support your ideas.
Question 2: Dutch Baroque Painting
As we learned this week, Dutch Baroque art showed the influence of Protestantism and the middle-class merchants and traders who served as patrons. Dutch Baroque artists created portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and genre scenes of domestic life.
In a minimum of 2 well developed paragraphs, discuss how the following paintings reflect the social and historical context of sixteenth-century Holland. Consider the influence of religion, commerce, social structure, and/or patrons of the art in your response. Offer specific examples of how the subject of each painting reflects the society and culture in which it was created.
- Frans Hals, Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company of Saint Adrian, c. 1627
- Rembrandt van Rijn, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632
- Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664
Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by discussing specific works of art that you have read about this week, talking about how they illustrate and support your ideas.
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Running head: HISTORY OF ART FROM MIDDLE AGES TO MODERN TIME
History of art from middle ages to modern time
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Question 1: Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture in Italy
What specific visual similarities do you observe in these three sculptures?
These three sculptures have visual similarities in that they capture the hero David in his
youth before he became a king unlike other previous works which had captured him as a king.
The other visual similarities is that they all depict him during the period surrounding his battle
with Goliath with Donatello’s David showing him in victory after he had severed goliath’s head;
Michelangelo’s David showing him in contemplation with a sling and a stone while Bernini’s
David shows him in the midst of the battle as though he is ducking from his foe.
What specific differences do you see? Consider the representation of the figure, additional
objects portrayed, and the role of the viewer for each sculpture
The three depictions of David however have their differenc...
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