MAPEH 9

1. Prayer Before Class
Our dear Lord and Savior, we thank you for the
continuous blessing each day. We pray Lord
for your guidance and give us strength, talent
and wisdom, so that we can accomplish our
task in school today. Bless all the pupils, our
teachers and administrator of our school.
Thank you lord, we pray this in Jesus mighty
name … Amen.

2. Renaissance
Period

3. Observe the artworks below? What do you feel? How is balance manifested in the artworks?
What are your insights on them?
Arena Chapel by Giotto The Resurrection Pulpit by
Donatello

4. Early Renaissance (1400-1479)
artists emulated Classical artists
who focused on symmetry and
perfection. This period gave
birth to artists e Giotto and
Donatello.

5. Giotto
As the Florentines waned from Byzantine traditions,
à man named Giotto di Bondone has the genius to
inject a new life to the dying forms.
He was the pioneer in the new movement whose
sovereignty in painting is unparalleled after several
centuries.
He was born in July 1266 in Florence, Italy. His father
was a shepherd, however little is known about his
family. Even in his young age, he showed his gift as
an artist.

6. Giotto portrait
the Five
Masters of
the Italian
Renaissance
by an
unknown
artist

7. Giotto was the first of the Italian masters to draw from nature an
artistic revolution that became fundamental today. His style
abolishes the flat medieval technique and rigid Byzantine imagery
by drawing true-to life scenes of people. He drew saints with human
figures although he had struggled to make them three-dimensional.
Several accounts say that Giotto became a pupil of Cimabue, an
Italian painter and mosaic designer. When Cimabue went to Assisi,
Giotto was with him. They painted large frescoes in the newly built
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. They decorated the interior of the
church with the episodes of the life of Saint Francis. The Legend of
Saint Francis is a cycle of 28 frescoes in the Upper Church of the
Basilica.

8. Homage of a
Simple Man
Three of the
frescoes

9. St. Francis
Giving his
Mantle to a
Poor Man
Three of the
frescoes

10. Dream of
the Palace
Three of the
frescoes

11. When Giotto was around 36-38 year he moved in the town
of Padua to take the most influential artwork in his life -
the decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel of the Arena Chapel.
It was originally connected to the Scrovegni palace that was
built on the remaining foundation of the Roman arena.
He, with the help of 40 artists covered the interior of the
chapel with panoramic frescoes that depict the lives of
Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, and the principal events of the
Catholic faith. This is considered as one of the world's
masterpieces of the Early Renaissance period .

12. In 1334, he was designated as Magnus Magister or "Great
Master. He was also appointed as head architect and chief
of public works in Florence. He became the master builder
of the Florence Cathedral and designer of the church's bell
tower that was named after him. The tower was
embellished with Giotto's finest Early Renaissance and
Gothic carvings.
In 1337. Giotto died in Florence. His legacy brought him
great fame as other artists even named him the "Father of
the Renaissance."

13. Donatello di Niccolo di Betto Bardi
is one of the greatest Florentine sculptors and
considered as one of the most influential
artists of the fifteenth century.
Was born around 1368 in Florence, Italy.
His father, Niccolo was a member of the
Florentine Wool Combers Guild. This gave
young Donatello the status as the son of a
craftsman, thus paved a path for him to work
in trades.

14. Donatello was educated in the house of
the Martelli family, a wealthy and
influential family of bankers and art
patrons in Florence who was tied with the
Medici family. He received his artistic
training in a goldsmith's workshop where
he learned metallurgy and fabrication of
other substances.

15. He worked for Lorenzo Ghiberti , a well known
sculptor and goldsmith, Donatello learned the Gothic
style of sculpting. Under Ghiberti, Donatello received
commissions to work for the Florentine Baptistery.
Donatello began to develop his own style of realistic
and highly emotional sculptures.
In 1408, he returned to Florence. In the same year,
he carved the first David. This marble sculpture
followed the Gothic style, emphasizing long graceful
lines and an expressionless face.

16. A year later, he worked on the marble
sculpture of St. John the Evangelist, which
is a colossal seated and disproportional
figure of the saint. His next project was the
statue of St. Mark, which is displayed
inside the museum of the Orsanmichele
Church. A copy of the sculpture now stands
in the church’s niche along with other
sculptures.

17. St. John the Evangelist St. Mark (copy) St. Mark
(original)

18. Around 1440, he
created the second
David. This time,
instead of marble,
Donatello used bronze.
Cosimo de Medici an
art patron
,commissioned the

19. His artworks
,stood out from
others because
he expanded the
Gothic style and
began to create
expressive
sculptures.
Gothic sculpture ,showing
Melchizedeck, Abraham with his son,
Isaac, and Moses

20. Gothic sculpture ,showing Melchizedeck, Donatello’s non-Gothic
style
Abraham with his son, Isaac, and Moses
Observe the difference of the
sculptures.

21. He was able to create
artworks that show
emotions such as sorrow
or suffering and joy. In
1455, he completed the
wooden sculpture, The
Penitent Magdalene. It
represented a gaunt-
looking Mary Magdalene.

22. His lifelong relationship with the
Medici Family earned him a
retirement allowance to live on the
rest of his life. He died on
December 13, 1446 in Florence
and was buried in the Basilica of
San Lorenzo.

23. Fresco – Italian word for fresh is the
method of painting in which color
pigments are mixed only with water and
applied directly on freshly laid line plaster
ground or surface.
Low relief and bas-relief – means
carving in figures but slightly raised from

24. Exercise 1
Identify each artwork below. Write the name of the artwork in the second
column and the artist in the third column.
Artwork Title of Artwork Name of Artist

25. Artwork Title of Artwork Name of Artist

26. Exercise 2
Answer the following questions below.
1. Based on the life stories if Giotto and Donatello,
how would you describe the Early Renaissance
period?
2. What distinct styles can you see in Giotto’s
paintings?
3. What are Giotto’s significant contributions in the
development of art during that period?
4. What distinct styles can you see in Donatello’s
paintings?
5. What are Donatello’s significant contributions in

27. Exercise 3
Choose one saint and draw it on a bond paper.
St. John the Evangelist St. Mark (copy)

28. Quiz in Arts (Copy and Answer)
Write the correct answer on the space provided.
Giotto The legend of saint francis low relief
1408 40 1334
1440 36-38 Martelli Family
December 13, 1466 Donatello 1337
1455 July 1266 1386
____1. When was Giotto designated as Magnus Magister?
____2. When was Donatello completed the wooden sculpture the penitent
magdalene.
____3. Is the cycle of 28 forecoes in the upper church of the basilica.
____4. Giotto help ____artist covered the interior of the chapel with
panoramic frescoes.

29. ____5. He was the father of the renaissance
____6. It means the carving in figures but slightly raised from the
background.
____7. When was Donatello born?
____8. When was Donatello created the second David.
____9. Who was the greatest Florentine sculptors and considered as one of
the most influential artist in fifteenth century?
____10. When was Giotto died?
____11. When was Donatello died?
____12. When was Giotto born?
____13. When was Donatello returned to Florence?
____14.How many years Giotto moved in the town of padua?
____15.Donatelllo was educated in the house of the __________________.