Friday, December 18, 2009

Chapter 20 Homework

Answers to the following questions are due no later than Wed., December 23rd.

1. What was the debate between painting and sculpture during the High Italian Renaissance?
2. What are some of the general features of painting in the High Italian Renaissance?
3. What is the arrangement of images on the Sistine Chapel ceiling and why are the scenes ordered that way?
4. How was St. Peter’s modified during the 16th century?
5. What qualities or features typify Venetian Renaissance painting?
6. Why is Bronzino’s Allegory with “Venus and Cupid” typical of Mannerism?
7. What was Palladio’s great contribution to Venetian religious architecture?
8. How does the ancient Laocoon relate to Mannerist art?
9. In what ways did women figure into 1th century art in Italy?
10. How did Julius II support and complicate Michelangelo’s artistic life?

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