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1. Compare and Contrast the High Renaissance Period with the Baroque Period Preliminary Handout: David and Goliath Summarize the story of David and Goliath: How is David significant in Medici Florence? High Renaissance Period The Baroque Period Dates of the period: Dates of the period: Locations: Locations: Influences on the period: Influences on the period: Stylistic Characteristics: Stylistic Characteristics: Compare Donatello's David, Michelangelo's David, and Bernini’s David Donatello's David Michelangelo's David Bernini’s David Date Period Material Height Nude? Contrapposto? Moment in story: David represents... Original location: Stylistic Characteristics: Short Answer Essays: Please write a concise paragraph essay answering each of the questions below. You will work in groups and do a short two-minute presentation to the class on one question. 1. Compare and contrast the High Renaissance period with the Baroque period. What are the important influences and stylistic differences? 2. What are the primary defining elements of Italian Baroque sculpture and architecture? Select one Baroque sculpture and one Baroque building in Italy and discuss how they exemplify the style. 3. Compare and contrast Donatello, Michelangelo, and Bernini's David. How does each work embody the stylistic principles of its age? 4. Describe Bernini's Apollo and Daphne. What moment does it depict in Ovid's myth? Why would the Church approve of such a work? 5. How has Bernini drawn from his knowledge of theater, writing plays, and producing stage designs to create an emotionally dramatic experience for worshipers that involve architecture, sculpture, and painting at the Cornaro chapel? 6. How is Gianlorenzo Bernini’s work typical of the Baroque period? Give several examples of his work that support your answer. 7. Compare and contrast Bernini’s, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa and Caravaggio, Conversion of Saint Paul. How does each work create an emotional dramatic experience? Discus how the uses and effects of light and tenebrism is evident in the works. 8. Describe the levels of reality represented in Diego Velazquez’s Las Meninas. In what way does the painting serve to elevate the artist and his profession? 9. In what ways was Artemisia Gentileschi’s career affected by her gender? Discuss how two paintings reflect her gender. 10. Compare and contrast the architectural differences of Borromini and Bernini and how they are typically Baroque architects. Discuss stylistic similarities and differences by discussing at least one building by each architect. .
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