Artemisia

1. Why is Artemisia important in the history of art?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi

2. What is Artemisia doing in her self-portrait?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ArtemisiaSelfP.jpg

3. What is happening in this most famous of Artemisia's paintings?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GENTILESCHI_Judith.jpg

4. What trauma did Artemisia undergo and how long did a trial last?

(Read the section titled: 'The Artist's Life"

http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/judith1.html

5. How old was Artemisia when she painted 'Susanna and the Elders'?

http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/susanna.html

6. What is happening in the painting 'Susanna and the Elders'?

http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/susanna.html

7. Write down two headlines from today's Italian news:

www.repubblica.it

14 aprile 2008

Choose an article on Italian culture from the link below. Write a short summary of your article (at least one paragraph):

http://italian.about.com/od/italianculture/Culture_and_Traditions.htm

Michelangelo!

!http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html

1. Click on the link above. Then click on 'Early life' Where and when was Michelangelo born?

2. http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html

Name three of Michelangelo's works. Which one do you find the most beautiful/interesting?

3. If someone refers to you as a 'Renaissance' Man or Woman, what do they mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_man

4. Where can you find Michelangelo's famous crucifix?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifix_(Michelangelo)

5. What does Michelangelo's famous sculpture 'La Pieta' depict?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)

6. http://www.vaticanotours.com/g/sistine_chapel.jpg

Take a look at the sistine chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo:

How long did it take for Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

http://arthistory.about.com/od/famous_paintings/a/sischap_ceiling.htm

7. Now take a look at the before and after pictures of the Sistine chapel.

http://users.wfu.edu/boguka5/FYS100/sistineceiling.htm

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