Thursday, April 2, 2015

Assignment for Friday, 04-03-15

Dear Roman Readers,

On Friday, we proceed into the Renaissance on display in Rome. Our representative artist for this period is Michelangelo, though we'll also glance briefly at Donatello, Botticelli, Raphael, and DaVinci.

Please do the following:

(1) Read these sections in the Blue Guide's Historial Sketch:
  • Renaissance Rome (pp. 21–22); and
  • The Reformation and the Sack of Rome (p. 23).

(2) Download, print, and read the overview, "Michelangelo and Rome."

(3) Spend some time with the following image groups on Artstor:
As mentioned above, the various works by the Renaissance masters (only two of which can be seen in Rome) are there for context and contrast with Michelangelo. Into this group a few images of works from the ancient world have been mixed in, works that were touchstones for Renaissance artists. Can you spot them without looking at the captions?

The overview on Michelangelo is, as these things go, very brief; it focuses only on his Roman works, and the Artstor image group (with the exception of David) follows suit.

The last thing we'll do on Friday is learn about the layering of St. Peter's Basilica, from the Circus of Nero, to the Necropolis, to the Constantinian Basilica, to the current Basilica, in which Michelangelo had a hand.

DC/gs

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