Study Sheets
Broadcasts 40-46
Broadcast 40
Class objective: Students learn about the Age of Chivalry and listen
to modern music which also glorifies women. During the second half of class
students investigate ways literature of the Middle Ages takes a modern turn
as well.
- In the second half of the Middle Ages, knights were less concerned with skills of warfare and more concerned with leisure and courtship. What new skills were necessary for this new Code of Chivalry?
- Describe Eleanor of Aquitaine, and explain how she promoted the Age of Chivalry.
- How is the worship of women in the courtly tradition similar or parallel to the worship of the Virgin Mary?
- The Romance was a new form of literature in the Middle Ages. What are some of the qualities of this new literature?
Broadcast 41
Class objective: Students tour the realms of The Inferno, and see how
Dante integrated ideas of faith and reason.
- Explain the significance of the number three in The Divine Comedy.
- How are the circles of Dante's hell organized?
- Why were Greeks such as Plato in The Inferno?
- What are the three realms of hell?
- Dante represented his own world in The Inferno. Can you give at least one example of this?
- How was Dante's Divine Comedy a change from the thinking of the Middle Ages?
Broadcast 42
Class objective: Students sample the "ism's." During the second part
of class, they are introduced to the culture of the Renaissance. Finally, students
learn about innovations in the art of Giotto.
Class part 1: The "ism's" in art. Define and give an example of:
- Classicism:
- Romanticism:
- Realism:
- Impressionism/post impressionism:
- Modernism:
Class part 2: The Renaissance was a new, more modern age, full of ways
of thinking that contrasted with those of the Middle Ages. List five or more
specific symbols of this new world.
| Class part 3: Take another look at Giotto's Lamentation:
Draw arrows and explain how Giotto makes use of these new Renaissance techniques:
- Substance, weight, and gravity... ?
- Perspective?
- Individuality?
- Psychological understanding?
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Broadcast 43 - Des Pres, Masaccio, and Boccaccio
Class objective: Students learn about Renaissance innovations in music,
painting, and writing.
- Josquin Des Pres' greatest contribution was in the development of polyphony in music. How is polyphony different from monophonic music and harmony?
- Masaccio's paintings showed that Renaissance artists were interested in a new realism. What were some techniques used by Masaccio?
- How is The Decameron a "framed tale" or story within a story?
- In Dante's Divine Comedy, the number three was significant. What is the significant number in The Decameron?
Broadcast 44 - Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, and Donatello
Class objective: Students see the emerging individualism of the Renaissance
in the competitive personalities of Florentine artists.
- When artists competed for the design of Florence's Baptistry doors, they were all working with the same subject? What was the subject?
- How was Brunelleschi's design "less pleasing" in form than Ghiberti's?
- What were some of the terms of Ghiberti's contract?
- In his David , how did Donatello present Florence with a balance between old and new qualities in sculpture?
Broadcast 45 - Brunelleschi and the Duomo
Class objective: Students see how architect Filipo Brunelleschi helped
shape the face of Florence.
- A "camera obscura" was an early optical invention that was perfected by Brunelleschi and helped him record and preserve images. How does the camera obscura work?
- Brunelleschi drew many ideas from the world of Classical Greece-such as an emphasis on geometric shapes and predictable use of those shapes. How is this different from the architecture of a Gothic cathedral?
- List some of the distinctive features of the Brunelleschi's dome.
Check out the FLORENCE ART GUIDE.
For a clickable map of Florence. Locate the Duomo, click on the location,
and make a simple sketch of it.
Broadcast 46 - High Renaissance Painters
Class objective: Students learn about Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
LEONARDO
- The term "Renaissance Man" refers to someone who excels in a number of artistic and scholarly pursuits. How is this true of Leonardo?
- What is sfumato and how did Leonardo use it in the Mona Lisa?
RAPHAEL
- Below are three of the elements of visual art. Describe how Raphael uses each in his paintings of madonnas.
MICHELANGELO
- Like other Renaissance artists, Michelangelo was interested in creating a realistic vision of space. How did Michelangelo achieve depth in his various works?