ARCHITECTURE QUESTIONS
4 BUILDINGS Renaissance to Baroque and contemporary Islam
Pages given for Florence Cathedral because it is in 2 chapters, otherwise look up the buildings
OVERALL QUESTION to THINK ABOUT: What does it mean for a “Space to be rational” Quoted from Stephen Zucker)
Florence Cathedral DATES______
ARCHITECT______
STYLE/PERIOD_______
PATRON__________
Blue book 539 and 587 White book 417 and 582
How does the Cathedral reveal the competitiveness of Florence?
How is the exterior a change from the gothic?
How did Brunelleschi accomplish the dome? the
Pazzi Chapel DATES______
ARCHITECT______
STYLE/PERIOD_______
PATRON__________
3 minute Khan video worth watching….
How did the Chapel function initially?
How does the decoration compare to the Florence Cathedral?
What is the unusual fact of this central Plan structure?
How does the Pazzi Chapel reflect changes in Church doctrine?
Mosque of Selim DATES______
ARCHITECT______
STYLE/PERIOD_______
PATRON__________
What has happened to the Dome by the date of this building?
How does this Mosque reveal a comparable attitude to The Florence Cathedral?
What were the annexes of a Mosque?
What was the invention of the Mihrab?
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane DATES______
ARCHITECT______
STYLE/PERIOD_______
PATRON__________
How do buildings become more sculptural during the Baroque?
How does the floor plan “match” the exterior? Is it RATIONAL in the way that Renaiisance buildings are?
How does the building reflect Counter-Reformation goals?
BAROQUE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
Read the Caravaggio Section in the Text Book
1. Prepare to compare Bernini's David and Michelangelo's David
2. What is The Council of Trent?
3. Why does the book state that Carravagio's Entombment has theological implications? (There is a Khan-Smarthistory on this painting)
4. How does his workbin general address church goals but also break tradition?
VELAZQUEZ and RUBENS
Describe differences between the Baroque in Spain and Italy- the intros to the chapters in text Book will explain somewhat. The Khan is more thorough https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/beginners-guide-baroque1/a/baroque-art-in-europe-an-introduction
1. Describe Velasquez’ relationship with Phillip IV
2. Write a close visual analysis of Las Meninas. How does the artist “play” with ideas about pictures, illusions and story telling?
3. How is Surrender at Breda 1634-35 by Velazquez a unique portrayal of military conquest?
4. List the Allegories in Consequences of War by Rubens.
5. How is Allegory used in Arrival of Maria Medici in Marseilles? Read about all of the paintings in this series on Khan Smarthistory.
6. Compare and contrast The Maria Medici series with Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan, Liu Chunhua, 1967 (#212)
a. How does the setting and the figure(s) interact?
b. How does each work reflect/demonstrate the style of the time? (be sure to name the styke of the Chairman Mao portrait)
c. What is factual and what is invented in each image?
d. What do you think about artists’ role in portraying the image of political leaders?
e. Find an image where the artist presents an image of authority that contrasts with those of Medici and Mao.
REMBRANDT
1. Find additional self-portraits of Rembrandt other than the ones in the powerpoints. How can you describe these works? How are they Baroque?
2. What are some interesting details of The Night Watch painting (slide 18) What is the Paintings real name? How does it compare to Rembradt's Anatomy Lesson?
3. What might be unique about self-portraits by women?
4 BUILDINGS Renaissance to Baroque and contemporary Islam
Pages given for Florence Cathedral because it is in 2 chapters, otherwise look up the buildings
OVERALL QUESTION to THINK ABOUT: What does it mean for a “Space to be rational” Quoted from Stephen Zucker)
Florence Cathedral DATES______
ARCHITECT______
STYLE/PERIOD_______
PATRON__________
Blue book 539 and 587 White book 417 and 582
How does the Cathedral reveal the competitiveness of Florence?
How is the exterior a change from the gothic?
How did Brunelleschi accomplish the dome? the
Pazzi Chapel DATES______
ARCHITECT______
STYLE/PERIOD_______
PATRON__________
3 minute Khan video worth watching….
How did the Chapel function initially?
How does the decoration compare to the Florence Cathedral?
What is the unusual fact of this central Plan structure?
How does the Pazzi Chapel reflect changes in Church doctrine?
Mosque of Selim DATES______
ARCHITECT______
STYLE/PERIOD_______
PATRON__________
What has happened to the Dome by the date of this building?
How does this Mosque reveal a comparable attitude to The Florence Cathedral?
What were the annexes of a Mosque?
What was the invention of the Mihrab?
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane DATES______
ARCHITECT______
STYLE/PERIOD_______
PATRON__________
How do buildings become more sculptural during the Baroque?
How does the floor plan “match” the exterior? Is it RATIONAL in the way that Renaiisance buildings are?
How does the building reflect Counter-Reformation goals?
BAROQUE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
Read the Caravaggio Section in the Text Book
1. Prepare to compare Bernini's David and Michelangelo's David
2. What is The Council of Trent?
3. Why does the book state that Carravagio's Entombment has theological implications? (There is a Khan-Smarthistory on this painting)
4. How does his workbin general address church goals but also break tradition?
VELAZQUEZ and RUBENS
Describe differences between the Baroque in Spain and Italy- the intros to the chapters in text Book will explain somewhat. The Khan is more thorough https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/beginners-guide-baroque1/a/baroque-art-in-europe-an-introduction
1. Describe Velasquez’ relationship with Phillip IV
2. Write a close visual analysis of Las Meninas. How does the artist “play” with ideas about pictures, illusions and story telling?
3. How is Surrender at Breda 1634-35 by Velazquez a unique portrayal of military conquest?
4. List the Allegories in Consequences of War by Rubens.
5. How is Allegory used in Arrival of Maria Medici in Marseilles? Read about all of the paintings in this series on Khan Smarthistory.
6. Compare and contrast The Maria Medici series with Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan, Liu Chunhua, 1967 (#212)
a. How does the setting and the figure(s) interact?
b. How does each work reflect/demonstrate the style of the time? (be sure to name the styke of the Chairman Mao portrait)
c. What is factual and what is invented in each image?
d. What do you think about artists’ role in portraying the image of political leaders?
e. Find an image where the artist presents an image of authority that contrasts with those of Medici and Mao.
REMBRANDT
1. Find additional self-portraits of Rembrandt other than the ones in the powerpoints. How can you describe these works? How are they Baroque?
2. What are some interesting details of The Night Watch painting (slide 18) What is the Paintings real name? How does it compare to Rembradt's Anatomy Lesson?
3. What might be unique about self-portraits by women?