SAINTANDREWSCHOOL

Renaissance Art              15th-16th Centuries

The Renaissance was a period of great creative and intellectual activity, during which artists broke away from the restrictions of Byzantine Art. Throughout the 15th century, artists studied the natural world in order to perfect their understanding of such subjects as anatomy and perspective. The Renaissance is traditionally broken down into Early Renaissance (the begining), The High Renaissance (which is considered to be one of the most creative periods in human history) and the Northern Renaissance, centered in Germany (Works of this period are beautiful and very detailed).

 

ARTIST:

Sandro Botticelli was born in Italy in 1444. He was one of Florence's favorite artists. Botticelli's real name was Alessandro Filipepi. He became known as Botticelli when he went to live with his older brother, Botticello. He died in the year 1519. He died a lonely man having done little or no more painting in the last ten years. It was not until over 350 years after his death that the world recognized his importance in art. He was known for his religious pictures but his most famous works were paintings of mythological creatures and gods from ancient Greek and Roman stories.He was more interested in making his paintings beautiful in a fantasy kind of way.He used his paint brush like a pen or a pencil to outline, or add lines around the people in his painting. His line work helped give a feeling of movement to his painting.

 

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ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT:

Your assignment will be to create what is called a parody drawing from a Renaissance painting. You will do this by drawing from a 3" x 4" and transfering that to a 9" x 12" sheet of drawing paper using grid lines to transfer and enlarge a famous painting from the Renaissance.

 

INSTRUCTIONS / PROCEDURES:

1. Select a piece of art work from one of the following Renaissance artists.

          Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botecelli, Jan van Eyck, Masaccio

2. Print a 3"x 4" picture of the art work. Make 1"  grid lines over the picture.

2. On a 9" x12" piece of paper make a grid of 3" squares

3. Draw block by block, transfering each block from the small photo to your 9"x 12" paper -- paying close attention to line quality and make close observations what is in each block.

4. Color using any medium available. 

5. Write a 250 word description of your work, why did you choose this era, what was most difficult about completing the project, what was most enjoyable about working on the project, in what ways does your project fit into the era you chose. Type your paper in "Arial font 14", Give your work a title,