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Question 1. What aspects of Michelangelo’s
David (1501-1504) are characteristic of Italian
Renaissance art?
Question 2. Which Impressionist painting from Week
6 PowerPoint 2 do you think best embodies the characteristics of
Impressionism? Why?
Question 3: Explain the relationship of
Jacques-Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii (1785) to
Enlightenment thought and Classical art.
Question 4: How does Turner’s painting
Snowstorm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps (1812)
evoke the concept of the sublime?
Answers should be around 2-4 sentences.
Question (1)
During the High Renaissance, Michelangelo created figurative works that focused on balance, harmony, and the ideal form. David showcases these artistic sensibilities & characteristic of Italian Renaissance art through his lifelike, asymmetrical posture—known as contrapposto or “counterpose”—and his realistic and highly detailed anatomy.
Question 2
Could not be answered because Week 6 PowerPoint 2 is not attached here. Sorry for this!
Question 3:
David's Oath of the Horatii is related to Enlightenment thought and Classical art because it is undoubtedly one of David's most famous and prized works, quickly becoming the face of the French Revolution and the symbol of patriotism. It focuses on the aspect that one should be guided by patriotic feelings, not personal feelings about family. It is related to neoclassical aspects of art such as stoicism, self-sacrifice, duty, patriotism, gravitas, action and reason.
Question4:
Turner's painting evokes the concept of sublime in sense that this painting refers to 'the aesthetic of immeasurable greatness.' The painting is awe-inspiring and beautiful, but also terrifying in its power or potential darkness.