Art Appreciation 2007 08 Appreciation Appreciation recognize the

Art Appreciation 2007 -08

Appreciation?

Appreciation =recognize the value or the significance of something

• Once a month • Different artists • Enjoy looking and talking about art

• Art detectives • Look…see… feel… react… discuss…question… think… enjoy… • Have Fun!

Original vs. Reproduction • Originals? • Reproductions?

• Originals - museums and galleries • Reproductions – slides, posters, books, postcards etc. • Types of art – – – Paintings Drawings Photographs Collages Sculptures

MICHELANGELO

Michelangelo Buonarroti • 500 years ago • Born 1475 -- Died 1564 • Lived a long life, 89 years old – Painter – Sculptor – And, Architect!

Michelangelo

Italy

• Born, lived and worked all his life in Italy • One of five children • Showed great talent with drawings • Age 13 apprenticed to Ghirlandaio, a famous painter in Florence

Michelangelo • Lived with and worked for the Medici family -- a powerful, rich, influential family in Florence • After a few years, he began working as a sculptor – working with stone and marble • As a young man he moved to Rome

“Bacchus” = god of wine

“Crouching Boys”

“David”

“Pieta” = pity

Holy Family

Sistene Chapel, Rome

Sistene Chapel – ceiling 45 ft x 128 ft

Sistene Chapel Ceiling • 45 ft x 128 ft long • Lying on his back on scaffolding 80 feet above ground! • No help or assistance • 4 years to paint • Fast-drying fresco painting • Sistene Chapel is part of the Vatican, commissioned by the pope – huge honor

“Creation of Man” – detail from the Sistene Chapel ceiling

Creation of Man - detail

Sistene Chapel – detail “A Delphic sibyl” & “A Libyan sibyl”

Activity -- back drawing! • • Draw and color self portrait Michelangelo-style i. e. lying on your back! Tape your paper onto the bottom of your desk/chair