Harmony Fine Arts

Art and Music Appreciation

Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music

Compiled by Barbara McCoy

www.harmonyfinearts.com

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Table of Contents

List of Composers and Artists Page 4

Book List Page 5

Overview Page 6

How to Get Started Page 7

Art Supplies List Page 8

Featured Works-How To Page 8

Steps for Picture Study Page 9

Additional Viewing Ideas Page 9

Notes: Draw Squad Page 12

Notes: Artistic Pursuits Page 12

Art and Music Notebook Page 13

Note About Internet Links Page 13

Weekly Schedules

Weeks 1-4 Giotto/Vivaldi Page 14

Weeks 5-8 Fra Angelico/Bach Page 16

Weeks 9-12 Leonardo da Vinci/Handel Page 18

Weeks 13-16 Raphael/Haydn Page 20

Weeks 17-20 Botticelli/Mozart Page 22

Weeks 21-24 Michelangelo/Beethoven Page 24

Weeks 25-28 Bruegel/Schubert Page 26

Weeks 29-32 Durer/Berlioz Page 28

Painting Index Page 30

Coloring Page Index Page 39

Blank Artist Notebook Page Page 47

Blank Composer Notebook Page Page48

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Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music-Middle School

Level

Composer List

Antonio Vivaldi

Johann Sebastian Bach

George Frideric Handel

Joseph Haydn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ludwig von Beethoven

Franz Schubert

Hector Berlioz

Artist List

Giotto di Bondone

Fra Angelico

Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael

Sandro Botticelli

Michelangelo

Pieter Bruegel, the Elder

Albrecht Durer

Ideas for using a 32-week schedule:

1. You can take a break mid-year to catch up if needed.

2. You can have a one-week review period every quarter.

3. You can start art and music four weeks after all your other subjects when you have

your routine going.

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Music Appreciation Author ISBN

The Stories of Vivaldi and Corelli B000001KD5

The Story of Bach B000001KCL

The Story of Handel B000001KCX

The Story of Haydn B000001KD1

The Story of Mozart B000001KCN

The Story of Beethoven B000001KCZ

The Story of Schubert B000001KCT

The Story of Berlioz B000001KDH

Art Appreciation

Option 2

DK Eyewitness: Renaissance

Alison Cole 0-7894-5582X

Getting to Know the World’s Great-

est Artist: Giotto

Mike Venezia 0-516-27040-0

Getting to Know the World’s Great-

est Artist: Bruegel

Mike Venezia 0-516-42279-0

Mark Kistler’s Draw Squad Mark Kistler 0-671-65694-5

Art Appreciation

Option 3

Artistic Pursuits Grades 4-6, Book 2

2nd Edition

Used on Amazon.com

The updated version of this book is

Artistic Pursuits Grades 4-5 Book 2

Brenda Ellis 0-976205556

Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music-Materials List

You can click over to the Harmony Fine Arts Grade 6 Materials Page for your convenience.

Scroll down on the page to see the items suggested to purchase for this grade level. You can also

access it from the Materials tab at the top of the Harmony Fine Arts website.

Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music-Middle School Level

Supplies List Option One

Optional 3-ring binder and page protectors to store your art prints.

Option Two

Set of thin colored markers

Set of colored pencils

Printer paper or a sketch pad to use with Draw Squad

Pencils-standard #2 pencils or mechanical pencil with a 2B lead

Optional 3-ring binder to store your drawings, art prints, and artist biography notebook pages

Option Three

Suggestions from Artistic Pursuits, page 2:

1 Prismacolor watercolor pencil set of 12

1 Prismacolor color pencil set of 12

1 watercolor brush round #8

1 watercolor paper pad

1 sketch pad for drawing

1 construction paper pad, assorted colors

1 vinyl eraser

1 metal handheld pencil sharpener

Optional portfolio to store your completed

artwork

Music Appreciation

Optional 3-ring binder to hold a timeline and composer’s biography notebook pages

How to View and Use the Featured Works in Option One The featured works listed in Option One are all linked to internet websites where you can view the

paintings online. The links are also listed along with the options so if you print out the pages, you can

still manually type in the web address for the paintings.

To view a featured work, sometimes you will need to look for the specific artist and then click the

particular painting you are looking to view. Most images you can click to enlarge them for a better

viewing size.

You can right click on the painting with your mouse and copy it to your desktop to print it out. In most

cases, it is permissible to download one copy for study purposes.

Each featured work will be viewed for one week. The goal of picture study will be to view the painting

for one week and then at the end of the week, to have your child narrate back all the details he can

recall about the painting.

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Medieval and Renaissance Art

Weeks 1-4

Option 1 Picture Study

1 Read: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists-Giotto Read: Renaissance pages 6-9

Complete: Draw Squad Pre-Test page 21 Read: Draw Squad Ten Key Words of Drawing page 24-25 View: Flight into Egypt List all the colors you see in the painting.

2 Read: Renaissance pages 10-13 View: History for Kids-Giotto Additional information about Giotto and a slideshow of his paintings. (Preview slideshow before sharing it with your children.)

Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 1: Foreshortening View: Life of St. Francis, Renunciation to Wealth Observe the buildings shapes and angles. Draw some of the buildings shown in the Life of St. Francis into your drawing notebook.

3 Read: Renaissance pages 16-17 View: Cappella Scrovegni: Visit the chapel online and be sure to click on the link to view the paintings from the entrance to get a better idea of how they are arranges in the chapel.

Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 2: Surface View: The Dream of Joachim and observe the differ-ent surfaces in the painting. Recreate the building in this painting in your note-book showing what you learned about surface.

4 Add Giotto to your timeline and complete an artist’s notebook page. Giotto Biography

Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 5: Density View: Homage of a Simple Man, Detail and observe the shapes and arches. Use the concepts from this lesson to recreate this painting in your notebook.

Notes for Option 2:

Week 2: Link to History for Kids: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/art/giotto.htm

Week 3: Link to chapel: http://www.wga.hu/tours/giotto/index2.html

Week 4: Link to Giotto biography: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto.html

Week 4: Link to painting: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto34.html

Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337 CE) Gothic/Italian Featured Works: 1. *Flight into Egypt, c. 1305-1306 (image 56) 2. Life of St. Francis, Renunciation to Wealth 3. The Dream of Joachim, 1304-1306 (image 27) 4. Lamentation of Christ, c 1305-1306 (76) Weeks 1,3, and 4: www.abcgallery.com. Week 2: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/francis/SSF-renounce-m.jpg Biography: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto.html *See Painting Appendix

Option 2 Art Appreciation with Art Skills

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Medieval and Renaissance Art

Weeks 1-4

Option 3 Artistic Pursuits with Picture Study Notes for Option 3: Parents: Please pre-read pages 1-4 before week one so you have an introduction to Artistic Pursuits.

Composer Study: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Notes for Composer Study:

Link to Vivaldi biography: http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Antonio_Vivaldi/22387.htm

Link to Optional listening: http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=79

1 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2 Unit 1 pages 5-8 Complete watercolor project on page 8.

View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, note all the different colors that Giotto used.

2 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2 Unit 1 pages 9-10 Complete the Final Project on page 10 using watercolors

After completing the Final Project, watercolor a por-tion of one of Giotto’s paintings.

3 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2 Unit 2 pages 11-13 Complete the observation painting on page 13.

View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, note all the primary colors that Giotto used.

4 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2 Unit 2 pages 14-15 Complete the Final Project on page 12 using watercolor pencils.

View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, look for hard and soft edges.

Story of Vivaldi and Corelli Listen to tracks 1-12 for a narrative biography. Listen to tracks 13-14 for complete musical selections. Add Vivaldi to your timeline and complete a composer’s notebook page. Optional listening: Classics for Kids: Vivaldi

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Giotto di Bondone, 1266-1337

Lamentation of Christ, c. 1305

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