Discussion: Classical art
From the Middle Ages through the Renaissance
Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1444-1510), Birth of Venus, c. 1485-86, painted for the villa of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici at Castello, tempera on canvas, 67 7/8 x 109 5/8 inches (172.5x 278.5 cm), now in the Uffizi, Florence.
Giovanni Bellini, The Lamentation over the Body of Christ, 1500, tempera on wood panel, Uffizi.
Leonardo da Vinci, Head of a Young Woman, Accademia, Venice
Discuss those three works on the small group discussion board. Using the vocabulary you are learning from the text when evaluating art, compare and contrast the works including materials used, style, meaning, symbolism, and any other aesthetic issues concerning the art you have chosen. Explain how the works of art fit into the context of the time period.