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ART HISTORY KIDS PRESENTS THE WORKBOOK Welcome! I’m so excited you’re joining the fun for Art History Kids newest workshop course! We are going to have a blast learning all about Raphael and celebrating his artistic legacy! A few things before we begin... You’ll have lifetime access to the virtual classroom and you can go through the materials at your own pace. Click here to enter the classroom Or enter this url into your browser: www.arthistorykids.com/raphael-classroom Your personal password is: R95U731 (Please do not share your login details with anyone else. Your purchase covers your family only.) If you like reminders, be sure to opt in for workshop reminders from the classroom page. (Look for the green box, and enter your email address to receive course updates.) Click here to join our pop-up facebook group This group will be open for the month of April to add an extra fun element to the workshop experience (but it’s totally optional, and just for fun). Join us for a LIVE art show where you can share your artwork with the group! We’ll meet online on April 24 at 11 am pst. Check the classroom page and the facebook group for a zoom link to attend the art show live. If you have any questions, I’m here to help. Email me at: [email protected] AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2 Self-Portrait, 1506 AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 The Sistine Madonna, 1512 (click the image to zoom in) AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4 The Marriage of the Virgin, 1504 AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 5 Young Woman with Unicorn, 1506 AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 6 Portrait of Pope Julius II, 1511-1512 AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 7 Click for a virtual tour of The School of Athens, 1509-1511 the Stanza della Segnatura (click the image to zoom in) (click >> to go to the 2nd room) AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 8 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Write your ideas about these three questions as you look at the art. What is going on here? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 9 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Ponder the art and chat about the ideas that interest your kids. There’s no need to go through all of these questions (unless your kids would like to)... these are just suggestions and a starting point for you to use. What is going on in this art? The Visual What do you see that makes you say that? Thinking What more can we find? Strategy Questions What can we tell about the person/people we see here? How do you think they are feeling? What do you think they are talking about? What do you notice about their clothing? What do you notice about this environment/setting? What do you find interesting about this art? Do you think there’s a secret story here? What is it? Let’s talk about the colors we see. Can you find more details that will help us to understand the art? Does this art remind you of anything? AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 10 MINDMAP Make your conversation visual! As you discuss the art, note down some of the key words or ideas that come up! (You can also do this on a big sheet of butcher paper or a chalkboard.) Raphael AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11 WORD WALL Post some (or all) of these words up with the artwork if you’d like. Include some of the words you came up with during your discussion, too! Raphael Italy Renaissance Perspective Portrait Fresco AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 12 WORD WALL Post some (or all) of these words up with the artwork if you’d like. Include some of the words you came up with during your discussion, too! AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 13 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS Once you’ve learned a little bit about The School of Athens, you’ll see the painting in a whole new way! Take your discussion even further with these additional questions: Choose a grouping of people and make some assumptions about what they are saying or doing. How did you come to your conclusion? Who are the students and who are the scholars? (Hint: look at their clothing. The basic tunic that was worn in ancient Greece was an indicator of a person’s class and occupation. The tunic was called a chiton when worn by a man, and a peplum when worn by a woman. The brighter colors and more decorative versions were worn by scholars and people of the higher class.) Who is wearing something on their heads? Can you find a helmet, a gold crown, a crown of leaves, and a black cap? How many of the characters are wearing sandals or boots? For those with footwear, what else do you notice about their outfits? There is a couple along the wall on the back right side. The one is sitting cross-legged on the wall, the other is hunching over looking at what the other is writing. What do you believe the one is showing the other? What else do you notice about the architecture here? Look at the architec- ture within the fresco, and also the architectural details in the Stanza della Segnatura. How does the painting interact with the architecture of the room in which it resides? AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 14 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS Discussion: What are they feeling? One way that artists try to connect with their audiences is by conveying emotion through the characters in artwork. Sometimes this is as easy as looking at the expressions on the figure’s faces. They may be smiling and laughing or even sad with frowns or furrowed eye- brows. Sometimes you need to look at the way the person is positioned in order to under- stand their feelings. Take a look at some of the characters painted by Raphael and see if you can find one or more these things: Which characters are expressing their feelings with the looks on their faces? Which characters do you have to look at their body positioning? Can you point out any that are feeling happy and joyful? Which ones do not look like they’re having a good day? Who looks like they’re in a hurry? Who looks really interested or curious about something? Now it is your turn! Find a sibling, parent, or friend and take turns trying to act out and guess different emotions. Work on different facial expressions and body positions. If your facial expressions are too easy to guess, try turning around to see if your partner can guess correctly without actually seeing your face. Pretend to be one of The School of Athens figures and see if you can display their same emotion. AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 15 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS Discussion - What are they talking about? In The School of Athens, you can see multiple groups of people talking to each other. It is fun to imagine what each of the characters may be saying to one another. In our lesson, we have learned about many of these characters, and we could probably give a pretty accu- rate guess as to what they may be discussing. Do you remember Plato and Aristotle? Plato was Aristotle’s teacher, and they both were philosophers. However, Aristotle disagreed with some of Plato’s theories and developed his own. In the painting, does it appear that they are discussing something on which they agree or disagree? Other ways we can imagine what characters are discussing are through objects near them or within their possession. Look at this portion of the painting. We don’t need to know that the man in yellow is Ptolemy, a geographer, astronomer, and astrologist to know what they are discussing. With the use of the globes, we can assume that the discussion may be about the earth or stars. Now it is your turn! Look at The School of Athens and imagine what discussions may be taking place within the painting. Get creative and write a dialogue between a group of characters. Just remember as you are imaging what conversations are occurring in The School of Athens, a lot of these characters are ancient philosophers, teachers, and scientists. Keep in mind that many of the conversations will be centered around their studies and theories. AN ART HISTORY KIDS WORKSHOP | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 16 ARTIST BIO Raphael.... ...was born on April 6, 1483. He died on April 6, 1520. ...lived his whole life in Italy. ...came from an artistic family– his father was a painter and a poet. ...lost both of his parents by the time he was 12. ...apprenticed with (and was later an assistant to) a painter named Pietro Perugino. ...was considered to be a Maestro by the age of 17. ...was commissioned by Pope Julius II for many important works. ...worked in the same time and place as Leonardo and Michelangelo. ...had fine taste and loved luxury. He wore fancy clothes and had lots of friends. ...had one of the largest workshops in all of Italy at the height of his career. ...was also an accomplished architect! ...is considered the last great painter of the High Renaissance.