I Chose these four videos becuause I wanted to learn more about Michelangelo and Di Vinci. Theyr works are truly amazing and I wanted to watch them to see art work from both of these master painters. Also I wanted to see the diversity in their work since both of them are considered to be men that can do it all.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
The Drawings of Mielangelo:
· Studying drawings at the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, and other renowned institutions, the program presents detailed analysis of the Pieta, the colossal David, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, The Last Judgment, the Medici tomb, and St. Peter’s Basilica. It also provides insight into Michelangelo’s tools, techniques, stylistic evolution, and sexuality.
· Michelangelo denied the influence of Ghirlandaio in his work, comparisons reveal the similarity between the two artists.
· Michelangelo taught himself to sculpt. The "Pieta" is a signature piece for the great sculptor. His knowledge of human anatomy was staggering for the time.
· In 1508, Angelo begins painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Many surviving drawings show the artist's preparation work for his greatest, but most difficult work.
· Contemplating his own death, Michelangelo creates his crucifixion drawings,
Leonardo da Vinci : The mind of the Renaissance
· At the age of twenty, Leonardo is accepted into the painters' guild, and his creative imagination serves the pomp of the Medici court well. He caricatures the faces of the men involved in the slander against him
· Lorenzo de Medici sends Leonardo to the court of Milan as a musician. When he arrives, he presents himself as a military engineer armed with intricate drawings of weapons and machinery. The "Virgin on the Rocks" is rich with symbolism.
· A s an inventor he studies machines and tries to remakr them.
· Da Vinci begins to organize shows in Milan and soon becomes the court painter, begins his treatise on painting, and produces a four-volume treatise on flight.
· At 50 he paints the Mona Lisa and when he treutn to Florience in 1503 everyone gathers around to see his work.
· He died at 67 after movingt o the Vatican and becoming the first engineer, painter, and architect to the king.
Image of a Master
· Albrecht Durer is said to be one of the greatest artists in the northern Renaissance. The influenced of his father who was a goldsmith and his god father was one of Germanys finest printers .
· First true landscape artsits
· In Germany during the Protestant Reformation he gives visual expression by Mass printing and luckily had the support of Martin Luther.
The night Watch
· Rebrandt was the painter of Frans Banning Cocq’s militaia company, he added the drama and gravity to the work.
· His painting is huge! (11 x 14) and became an object of pilgrimage for the Dutch and millions of other internation visitors. This painting has been thru it all, it was violated in many ways; slashed with a knife, attacked with acid, and drenched with water.
· His job was ceremonial.
· "The Night Watch" breaks all the conventions of civic guard portraits because of it movement and dramatic use of light. The little girl is sheer magic--Rembrandt’s surprise.
· The huge painting didn’t fit in the door way of the town hall and was cut down to fit
· Modern artists disassemble “The Night Watch,” putting pieces of it into modern art renditions designed to create "different perspectives." An artist puts the figures into new environments and calls it irony.
· This masterpiece was reworked and transformed into a gay nightlife scene of the 60s and 70s
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
These videos relate to the text because they expand the description of these works of art, and seeing them and listening to the narrators help me to understand the history.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
I enjoy the videos because they help me to understand the material better. Seeing them in a different perspecitve adds to my knowledge and expans my understanding. I think that they are very helpful and they expand on more of the reading.
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