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Welcome to the Cypress Woods Renaissance Museum!We have taken a class trip to a local museum that just happens to house some of the most famous works of Renaissance Art! You

will be lucky enough to look at these famous works today. There is one catch- no tour guides were available for our visit, so you will have to take a self-guided audio tour by using earbuds, scanning the QR codes, and listening to the informed experts on your phone. You are so moved by this beautiful art that you feel compelled to fill out the guide that the museum has provided for you- you don’t want to forget any of the fascinating details! You may move through the museum in any order, but don’t forget to visit each and

every masterpiece! For your convenience, closed captioning is available on most videos.

I. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci1. If you were the average viewer of the Mona Lisa, how long would you spend looking at it? _____________________2. Describe the landscape in the background of the painting:

3. What event in 1911 really helped the Mona Lisa become the world’s most famous painting?

4. What feature on Mona Lisa’s face especially captures people’s attention? ______________________________5. What is humanism? How is humanism shown in the Mona Lisa?

6. Sigmund Freud (a famous psychiatrist) thought Mona Lisa’s smile contained the two different sides of women. What are those two sides, according to Freud? _______________________________ & __________________________________

7. Compare the two versions of the Mona Lisa you see at the end of the video. How are they similar? How are they different?

8. What is your overall opinion on the Mona Lisa? Do you like it? Why or why not?

II. David by Donatello1. Why was Donatello’s sculpture so important and unique for the time?

2. What other civilizations had an influence on Donatello when he was sculpting David? ______________ & _______________3. What material is David made of? _____________________________4. What is David standing on? _____________________________________________5. Who most likely commissioned David? _________________________________________6. Who was the “enemy” the people of Florence had defeated? How does this relate to David?

7. What kind of government did the people of Florence have? ________________________________________8. Is this statue more about war or peace? How do you know?

9. Who else may this statue be depicting? _____________________________________10. What is your overall opinion of David? Do you like it? Why or why not?

III. David by Michelangelo1. What city can this statue be found in? ________________________________________2. Based on David’s body position, what is this statue making you feel like David is about to do?

3. Why is the amount of detail paid to David’s physical anatomy unusual and impressive for this time?

4. How much bigger than a real human is David? _________5. What ancient societies influenced Michelangelo when sculpting David? __________________ & __________________6. Compare the two statues of David, the one by Donatello and the one by Michelangelo. What similarities do you observe?

What differences? Which do you like better?


IV. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci1. Who would have looked upon this painting daily during meals? ___________________2. What exact moment is this painting depicting?

3. What are both Christ and Judas reaching for? ____________ What does Judas have in his other hand? ______________Why? ____________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Why is Peter holding a knife in this painting?

5. What element of painting/art (made up of imaginary lines) always draws the viewer’s eyes toward Christ in this painting?

6. What condition is the painting in today? Why?

7. What is your overall opinion of this painting? Do you like it? Why or why not?

V. La Pieta by Michelangelo1. What event is being represented by this statue?

2. What is the statue made of? _________________________3. What is your overall opinion of this sculpture? Do you like it? Why or why not?

VI. Arnolfini Wedding Portrait by Jan van Eyck1. Is this actually depicting a wedding? __________2. Who is the man? ______________________________________ How can you tell he’s wealthy?

3. What does the single burning candle represent? ____________________________________________________4. What does the signature over the mirror say in English? ______________________________________________5. What does the dog symbolize? ________________________________________6. Why is this painting set in a bedroom?

7. Geographically, is this painting from the Northern or Southern part of Europe? _________________________8. What is your overall opinion of this painting? Do you like it? Why or why not?

VII. The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger1. In which country does this painting take place? _______________________2. How can you tell that these men are wealthy?

3. What do the objects on the top part of the table versus the bottom part of the table represent?

4. What does the snapped lute string represent?

5. What is the weird, misshapen thing in the middle? What does it represent?

6. What is Holbein’s commentary on the truth and life versus death in this painting? Summarize it in your own words.

7. What is your overall opinion of this painting? Do you like it? Why or why not?


VIII. The Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo1. Where is the Sistine Chapel located, specifically? ________________________________________2. Although this is a masterpiece of painting, Michelangelo primarily considered himself to be what kind of artist?

____________3. What story does the center panel on the ceiling show?

4. Without being pictured in the Sistine Chapel, how is Christ still present and included in the mural?

5. Where can you see Michelangelo’s optimism reflected in the Sistine Chapel? _______________________ Where can you see Michelangelo’s pessimism reflected in the Sistine Chapel? __________________________________

6. Why did Michelangelo start to feel pessimistic?

7. What is your overall opinion of the Sistine Chapel? Do you like it? Why or why not?

Summing it all up:1. What major city was very important during the Renaissance? (hint- several of the works are located in this city)

2. Was religion totally gone during the Renaissance? ___________ How can you tell?

3. Even though religion is still present, give some examples of secular (worldly) themes in the paintings and sculptures.

4. Which two ancient civilizations really impacted Renaissance art? _______________________ & ____________________5. We have talked about lots of different forms of art throughout the year (Greek architecture, Byzantine and Islamic mosaics,

Gothic architecture, etc.). Choose one of the paintings you saw today and compare it to the mosaic image on the left. What similarities do you see? What differences? How does it reflect different cultures and artistic styles?

Mosaic of Byzantine Empress Theodora, c. 6th century Sketch the image you chose in the box above. Include the title.

Similarities-

Differences-

How do the cultures compare?


How do the artistic styles compare? Key:

1. 15 seconds2. “Vulcan”, mysterious, other-worldly, roads, bridges3. stolen4. smile5. taking interest in humans; it’s a portrait of a non-royal human6. mothering and nurturing/seductive7. one is lighter, not as mysterious, Mona Lisa hasn’t been cleaned

1. first freestanding nude sculpture since antiquity2. Greece and Rome3. bronze4. Goliath’s head5. Medici family6. Duke of Milan, he also defeated a strong and powerful enemy in Goliath7. republic8. peace because David has to use Goliath’s sword and the rock in his hand is the opposing weapon to the sword9. Mercury

1. Florence2. About to turn and attack enemy3. people didn’t have knowledge of human body4. 3x5. Greece and Rome

1. monks2. when Jesus announced he would be betrayed3. a bowl, a bag of silver because he has been paid to betray Jesus4. to defend Christ5. perspective6. very bad because da Vinic experimented with painting on dry plaster instead of wet and it didn’t work

1. Mary holding Jesus’s dead body after crucifixion2. marble

1. no2. a wealthy merchant; clothing, furnishings of house, oranges3. the presence of God4. Jan Van Eyck was here5. loyalty6. bedrooms were used as receiving rooms for visitors at this time in history; they weren’t private7. Northern

1. England2. clothes, daggers, instruments, books3. top represent the heavens or objects that are “celestial” while the bottom represents objects that are “terrestrial” or of earth4. religious discord going on in England at the time5. a skull; a reminder that death will happen to us all6. basically that the truth is not always just what you see and that even with all the riches on earth, you cannot forget that each will be

claimed by death eventually and heaven awaits

1. The Vatican2. sculptor3. creation of Adam and Eve (Genesis)4. the sibyls who predicted his coming are included5. the ceiling; behind the alter in the Last Judgment mural6. because the Protestant Reformation had begun

1. Venice2. no because many paintings are still religious in subject3. lots of worldly goods in paintings like the Ambassadors, portraits are growing in popularity like with Mona Lisa


4. Greece and Rome

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