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To receive points for this weeks required readings and videos please respond to this forum by both COMPARING!!!!! and CONTRASTING!!!!!! the image of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper with Jacopo Tintoretto's Last Supper. Use at least THREE!!!!!! key terms from this week.

Key Terms

• art history-the academic study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the other visual arts.
• artifact-an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
• art-the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
• visual analysis- describes art a physical object (materials it is made from), a visual experience (formal qualities such as line, space, shape, etc.), and cultural artifact (subject matter, content, iconography, function, etc.).
• Renaissance- the cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe from roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries, based on the rediscovery of the literature of Greece and Rome.
• Humanism- emerged in the Renaissance and is an interest in the human body and earthly affairs, instead of an interest in the divine or the spiritual realm.
• Renaissance- French for re-birth, a rebirth of Classical ideas and modes of art and architecture from ancient Greece and Rome
• linear perspective- a mathematical approach to creating three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, using lines converging at a point on the horizon.
  • (OPTIONAL: Watch a video about linear perspective and learn to do it yourself! "Linear perspective explained," in Smarthistory, https://smarthistory.org/linear-perspective-explained/.)
• modeling (or chiaroscuro)- an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.
• foreshortening- portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.
• Mannerism- a style of 16th-century Italian art preceding the Baroque, characterized by unusual effects of scale, lighting, and perspective, and the use of bright, often lurid colors.

Here is an example post:

Example:

Subject: Alexandria Nanneman

Message: *Because I do not want to limit your possibilities for this assignment the following example of a comparison and contrast are between Donatello's sculpture of David and Michelangelo's sculpture of David. [Not Pictured] Your assignment is to compare and contrast the two paintings of the Last Supper pictured above, but this example will help give you an idea of the type of language and length I am looking for.

**Furthermore, this example only uses 2 key terms, however, you must use 3, it is more appropriate to use those terms when describing paintings than sculpture.

Comparison: Both Donatello's and Michelangelo's sculptures of David depict the character of David from the Bible who fought and defeated the giant Goliath. Both sculptures are represented naturalistically using the Classical form of contrapposto. Because both sculptures are so naturalistically rendered, they are both a great examples of Humanism. Even though David is a figure from the Bible, both artists have chosen to depict him with the proportion, weight, and appearance of a real human being. The humanism and Classicism displayed in both of these sculptures is the reason Donatello and Michelangelo are famous Renaissance artists.

Contrast: The greatest contrast between these two figures is the moment of the story that is depicted as well as the age of David. Donatello's David is a young man, whose body appears wrinkle-less, skinny, lithe, and looking down almost demurely. Whereas, Michelangelo's David is muscular, tall, and standing upright and confident. Donatello's David depict the moment after David kills Goliath and removes his head with a sword. We know this because David is standing on the severed head of Goliath. Michelangelo's David on the other hand is preparing to kill Goliath. We know this because he is holding a rock in his right hand and the sling that he will throw the rock in, slung over his left shoulder by his left hand. His face is also staring intently (almost fircey) at something in the distance- most likely Goliath.

Here is the grading rubric:

The following activity is worth 10 points towards participation in weekly activities. 5 points for Comparison and 5 points for Contrast.

5/5= use full sentences, use 3 key terms, and makes at least 2 strong comparisons and contrasts each between the images.

4/5= use incomplete sentences, use 2 key terms, and 1 strong comparisons and contrast each

3/5= use incomplete sentences, use 1-2 terms, and non-specific comparisons and contrasts

2/5= little to no effort made