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Art 1/Artist Spotlights

You will be introduced to selected works of art and artists as they relate to the curriculum. In your sketchbook:
1. Complete a thumbnail sketch of the work 
2. Document the #, heading, and credit line 
3. Review all provided resources - take notes 
4. Answer the questions completely and with specificity; complete sentences should reveal the question (write legibly or type/print)

​Entries started in class must be completed as homework by the same day/next week ​

MORE ART HISTORY!

#17 - Andrea Mantegna (1431 - 1506)

4/17/2015

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Lamentation over the Dead Christ
1480 or 1490
Tempera on canvas
approx. 2’3” x 2’8”
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

WATCH THIS and take notes:
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Andrea Mantegna
Ceiling oculus
1465-74
Fresco, diameter: 270 cm
Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua


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READ THIS and take notes

QUESTIONS:
1. How is this painting VERY different from those we have looked at so far?
2. How did Mantegna break the rules of perspective? Why did he do so?
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#14 - Leonardo daVinci (1452 - 1519)

4/13/2015

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The Last Supper
c. 1495 - 1498
Fresco (oil and tempera on plaster)
13’9” x 29’10”
Refectory, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

READ THIS: Leonardo. Last Supper

WATCH THIS:
QUESTIONS:
1. How is the composition and content of this painting supported by the use of linear perspective? 
2. Leonardo daVinci is considered a genius yet The Last Supper literally fell apart soon after it was finished...why would a "genius" make something of such poor quality? 
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