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Italian Art History

Italian Art History. Day Two - Sculpture. Vocabulary . Commission : To pay an artist to create an artwork Popes commissioned a lot of artwork in the Renaissance for positive PR. Vocabulary. Sculpture in the Round : Sculpture that is meant to be viewed from all sides (you walk around it)

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Italian Art History

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  1. Italian Art History Day Two - Sculpture

  2. Vocabulary • Commission: To pay an artist to create an artwork • Popes commissioned a lot of artwork in the Renaissance for positive PR

  3. Vocabulary • Sculpture in the Round: Sculpture that is meant to be viewed from all sides (you walk around it) • Subtractive Sculpture: A sculpture created when bits are removed from the material • Contrappasto: When a sculpture of a human figure stands with most weight on one leg

  4. Michelangelo’s David

  5. The Look on David’s Face

  6. The Detail of His Hands

  7. Comparing the ‘Davids’ Donatello Bernini Michelangelo

  8. Vocabulary • Relief: The background is carved away to create a 3-D effect • Frieze: A horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration

  9. Column of Trajan

  10. The Reliefs

  11. The Fountain of Four Rivers by Bernini

  12. Vocabulary • Aqueduct: An artificial channel for transporting water

  13. Vocabulary • Personification: A human figure used to represent something nonhuman. • Tritons: Half man, half fish (like mermaids) – possibly the sons of Neptune

  14. Trevi Fountain

  15. The Calm

  16. The Violent

  17. Trevi Fountain Superstitions • One coin – Return to Rome • Two coins – Find true love in Rome • Three Coins – Return and marry in Rome • Some say 2=marriage and 3=divorce • Toss over your left shoulder with your right hand and your back to the fountain

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