Italian Art History

Day Two - Sculpture

Commission: To pay an

artist to create an artwork Popes commissioned a lot of

artwork in the Renaissance for positive PR

Vocabulary

Sculpture in the Round: Sculpture

that is meant to be viewed from all sides (you walk around it)

Subtractive Sculpture: A sculpture created when bits are removed from the material

Contrappasto: When a sculpture of a human figure stands with most weight on one leg

Vocabulary

Michelangelo’s David

The Look on

David’s Face

The Detail of His Hands

Comparing the ‘Davids’ Donatello Bernini Michelangelo

Relief: The background is

carved away to create a 3-D effect

Frieze: A horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration

Vocabulary

Column of Trajan

The Reliefs

The Fountain of Four Rivers by Bernini

Aqueduct:

An artificial channel for transporting water

Vocabulary

Personification: A human

figure used to represent something nonhuman.

Tritons: Half man, half fish (like mermaids) – possibly the sons of Neptune

Vocabulary

Trevi Fountain

The

Calm

The

Violent

One coin – Return to Rome Two coins – Find true love in Rome Three Coins – Return and marry in Rome

Some say 2=marriage and 3=divorce

Toss over your left shoulder with your right hand and your back to the fountain

Trevi Fountain Superstitions