Module 1 Art SLP

Required Materials (make sure to navigate the entire Smarthistory.org website; there are multitude of videos, educational materials, and links to other Art History websites to give you a wider context of the historical period and how to think and write about art; provides you with other artists and artworks to write your SLP)

 

Brief History of Art

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/for-the-beginner.html

Videos 3 & 4: History of Early Renaissance and History of High Renaissance; Article on Humanism

Annenberg Media (n.d.).  Art of the Western World: The Early Renaissance and The High Renaissance.Retrieved on 2/20/11 at: mp;nbsp;

 

http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=231

 

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/humanism.html

 

 

Leonardo da Vinci and Mona Lisa, c. 1503-05, oil on panel 30-1/4 x 21 inches (Musée du Louvre)

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/leonardo-notebooks.html 

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/leonardo-mona-lisa.html

 

Michelangelo and Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, fresco, 1508-1512 (Vatican City, Rome)

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/michelangelo.html 

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/sistine-chapel-ceiling.html 

http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

 

How To Write About Art: Art Criticism and Formal Analysis

http://www.uwgb.edu/malloyk/art_criticism_and_formal_analysi.htm 

http://ualr.edu/arthistory/index.php/home/art-history-resources/guidelines-for-analysis-of-art/ 

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/skill-of-describing.html

 

 

Recommended Resources (not required, but very helpful):

 

Reliable websites for further research:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/world-regions/#/08/Europe

http://www.louvre.fr/en

http://www.metmuseum.org/

http://www.moma.org/

 

Glossary of art terms:

http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/glossar 

 

Advanced thinking and writing about Art History—not required:

http://writingaboutart.org/pages/formalanalysis.html

 

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