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ff-g ~Jc..o 3 3 PASSAGE III HUMANITIES: This passageis from Western Civilization by Gerson Antell and Walter Harris. The artists of the Italian Renaissancemay be said to have captured the spirit of humanism in paint, marble, and stone. In doing so, they studied anatomy and returned to an idealization of the human body like that which appears in Greek sculpture~' -- 5 Giotto, ered the flfst fit 45 V 10 who lived Renaissance from 1276 to 1336, painter. Though is consid- #, 25 Michelangelo was a great s~r too, possibly the greatest of the Renaissance.I:le made marble come to life in his youthful David, in the sorrowful "PietA," and in his mighty statue of Moses, the majestic lawgiver. -# S- 55 Raphael Santi, while not an innovator, had the (p ability to select and what he had learned from# others and to impart to his paintings a fresh and lasting ~. His figures are as powerful as those on the Sistine ceiling. And his paintings of the ~o~a exh~it a dignified yet appealing womanly beauty. q 'S # 1 retainedsomeof the ~tiffnessof medievalworkS:"""his Another early realist, Masaccio, was influenced by Giotto. The monumental figures in his wall paint15 ings-done early in the fifteenth century-seem to have been carved from stone. Unlike those of Giotto, however, they are creatures of flesh and blood. Masaccio was one of the first painters to master ~ti~e representation of three di~n~ nn !I two20 ~ional surface So that d1s~ce and dis~ects appear as they would to the eye. do ~ The I~fift~nth ~d ~ly sixteenth ~nturies witnessed such a flowering of art that this period is called the Hig)l Renaissance.The four greatest Italian artists of this period were Leonardo da VinciMichelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. - Leonardo da Vinci came closer to being an all~?J r,gund genius than any other person in history. BornTn 1452, he designed a fl):in& machine, lathes, pumps, and 30 weapons. His notebooks contain accurate drawings of a human ~!!!h!Yo and of human ~Ies and ~s. Leonardo's most famous painting, the "Mona".1Lisa," shows a lovely woman witharny-sterious smile. Everything in the painting seems to be seen through a 35 slight haze. The wall painting the "Last Supper" is often called Leonardo's greatest work. The figure of * c;-~ is isolated at the center. He has just told the disciples, "One of you shall betray me," and all of the emotions that this statement evoked can be seen in 40 their faces and gestures. . -*-1 50 his frescoes figures are full of human feeling. His compositions are dramatic in their groupings of figures. And, by varying the intensity of his colors from bright to dark, Giotto gives both people and settings a lifelike quality. Michelangelo Buonarotti, like Leonardo, was a man of wide-ranging talents. His masterpiece is the huge painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in Rome. For more than four years, from 1508 to 1512, Michelangelo lay on his back and worked night and day. The result was the biblical story of~-# Sesis, from the Creation to the Flood. Twenty-two years later, he pafiited the "Last Judgment," which covers the great wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel. .!Q.!pt 60 Titian, or Tiziano Vecelli, was probably the greatest Venetian painter of the Renaissance. His use of color was unsurpassed. He painted landscapes, portraits, and historical and mythological scenes. The 65 viewer always sees real men and women, vital and alive. Titian, unlike Leonardo and Michelangelo, "* 1 painted in oils on canvas. This technique gave artists greater freedOm to correct, refine, and add dimension and depth to their paintings. 1. According to this passage, '- tion of the human fonn r~-<- A. Egyptian B. American art. ~ Byzantine paintings. ~ ~ Greeksculpture. Mona and idealiza- the same trends w n..,l.. in: mummies. 2.Which of the following 1;1 the admiration reflected J . If 5' was NOT a Renaissanceartist? Lisa Raphael H. Titian J. Giotto GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 240 Readina 3 3 J. According to this passage,Leonardoda Vinci was: A. an artist. ( . J-\ B. a scientist.~ t,"'~1 ~I//~/ o~"C. an inventor. f(Yi"", L.,...~"I-.(.. t!!J all of the above. 7. The techniqueNOT mentionedin dlis discussionof Renaissance art is: (Q pastels. F. that Masaccio had an objective viewpoint of his subjects. £ Masaccioviewedthings differently than his peers. (!JI Masaccio'spaintings looked as though they were J. ."j«~ I C. frescoes. &-iof"tl:> D. 4. When the author of this passagenotesthat Masaccio mastered"perspective"in his art, he means: { B. sculpture.~'(,~c oil painting. T j~ ~ 8. BecauseGiotto had not masteredperspective,the people in his paintingsare: 1" realistic. ,I, l(;/ flat and unrealistic. J-h.If H. unpleasantto look at. J. dark. three-dimensional. ..I.' '7 Masaccioonly createdthree-dimensionalart. S. Accordingto the informationpresentedin this passage, an importantsubjectfor mostartistsof the Renaissance was: A. self-portraits. B. buildings. science. (!!;J biblical stories. ~ 6. Raphaelwasbestknown for: F. his brilliant colors. G. his innovativepainting style. )}.c his useof pastels. (:!J his ~tation of skills he learnedto impart new beautyin his art. - 9. Basedon the infonnation on this passage,the High Renaissancetook placein: III thelate1400sandearly1500s. P. J.J ...,. jf 'ti: the late 1300sandearly 1400s. C. the late 1500sand early 1600s. D. the late 1200sand early 1300s. t O. The f.!!ain poi!'lt in this passageis that: F. the Renaissance period beganwith Giotto's art. @ many beautiful works of art as well as artistic advanceswere madein the Renaissance period. H. Leonardoda Vinci designedthe flISt airplane. j. Titian should be known as the greatest Renaissance painter. I'R.-4- w. r col..- GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Diagnostic Reading ACT 241