"Too much knowing is misery" - Lorenzo de"Medici
Student Resources
Study Guide
Artist Review PPT
​NEW ARTIST REVIEW PPT (updated 2/4/16) editable
The Medici Family
​Key Ideas
PowerPoint
Artwork List
Vocabulary
Flashcard Images
Key Ideas
* YouTube video: Masaccio's Holy Trinity by SmartHistory
* YouTube video: Donatello's David by SmartHistory
* Watch Malcolm Gladwell's TED Talk about the historical and scientific explanations of the biblical story of David and Goliath.
* YouTube video: Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise by Professor Mencher at Ohlone College
* YouTube video: Linear Perspective by Brunelleschi
* WAY SUPER COOL website, seriously, on the Holy Trinity by Masaccio also presented by SmartHistory. Watch the video at the bottom!
Picture

* SmartHistory: All about the Florentine Renaissance!

The Medici Family

  • Watch a very informative documentary all about the Medicis here!
  • The most powerful and famous dynasty of bankers who used their incredible wealth to both govern city-states and be patrons of the arts. 
  • Founded in Florence. Wealth first started by Giovanni de'Medici.
  • Extra information on just how powerful the Medici Family really is!
Picture
Lorenzo de'Medici

           Key Ideas

Picture
Lippi, Madonna and Child with 2 Angles
  • Revitalization of classical ideals in literature, history, and philosophy.
  • Renaissance courts influenced by humanism (Secular over the religious)
  • Humanism is hugely popular and more and more people are attracted to the ideals. It fostered the belief in individual potential
  • Rise in realistic, 3D paintings
  • Human antatomy: increase in nude sculptures
  • Architecture emphasizes light spaces that are balanced and symmetrical.
  • Political and economic changes that contributed to the rise of a new class of wealthy patrons (Medici Family) who fostered art and learning on a lavish scale.
Picture
Teacher Tip
To gain a better understanding of perspective, take your class on a mini field trip around campus to look at different kinds of one and two point perspective such as locker halls, rows of shelves in the library, or corners of buildings. If you have experience with drawing, teach a quick demo on one point perspective before. For some extra credit, have students create a one or two point perspective drawing from observation!

Artwork List

Gates of Paradise
St. Mark
Holy Trinity
David
Madonna & Child with 2 Angels
Pazzi Chapel
Birth of Venus
Dead Christ

Vocabulary

bottega
chapter house
orthagonal
pilaster
Quattrocento
trompe l'oeil
​

Flashcard Images
Ms. Park, Valerie, Park, Advanced, Placement, Art, History