Question 1: During the Renaissance and Baroque periods the type of patron diversified beyond the church to include private individuals, city governments, and corporate commissions, sponsored by entities such as the Wool Guild.  These patrons that were outside of the church were essential to artists to ensure their financial livelihood. Often artists, like Michelangelo, were forced to take commissions and complete works that they did not want to undertake.  In 3 well developed paragraphs, discuss: Michelangelo’s version of David was a public monument commissioned by the Florentine city council. How do you see the context of a city government as patron influencing how Michelangelo visualized the biblical hero David? The biblical hero David was a popular subject for sculpture and painting throughout the Renaissance and into the Baroque period. By studying, comparing, and contrasting sculptures of David created in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, you can begin to see the stylistic changes that occurred across these centuries. In 3 well-developed paragraphs, compare and contrast the following 3 sculptures of David:  Early Renaissance: Donatello.  David. 1446-1460 ( Note : Scroll down to figure 20-14).  High Renaissance: Michelangelo.  David .  1501-1504. (figure 21-10).  Baroque. Gian Lorenzo Bernini.  David . 1 623. (figure 23-4) In your comparison, discuss: What specific visual similarities do you observe in these three sculptures?  What specific differences do you see?  How has the attitude of David changed between these three representations of David?  Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by discussing specific works of art that you have read about this week, talking about how they illustrate and support your ideas. Question 2: In Northern Europe, the group portrait was a popular genre of painting in the Dutch Republic, and Rembrandt was in high demand as a portraitist. In 3 well developed paragraphs, discuss: How did Rembrandt revolutionize the group portrait? Examine his works  The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp  and  The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch) ? Artists like Rembrandt and the other successful Dutch portrait artists laid the foundation for what today is seen as a proper or successful portrait. From the official portrait of Kate Middleton (2013) in England, to the portraits of US presidents, to those of CEOs in major corporations all owe a debt to the work of Rembrandt, Hals, and other seventeeth-century portrait painters. Locate 2 contemporary portraits and discuss the visual characteristics that are inspired by Rembrandt's style. Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by discussing specific works of art that you have read about this week, talking about how they illustrate and support your ideas. Respond to  both  questions as thoroughly as possible, making sure to use information from the readings and the lectures. All responses should be in complet.

1. Question 1:
During the Renaissance and Baroque periods the type of patron
diversified beyond the church to include private individuals,
city governments, and corporate commissions, sponsored by
entities such as the Wool Guild. These patrons that were
outside of the church were essential to artists to ensure their
financial livelihood. Often artists, like Michelangelo, were
forced to take commissions and complete works that they did
not want to undertake. In 3 well developed paragraphs, discuss:
Michelangelo’s version of David was a public monument
commissioned by the Florentine city council. How do you see
the context of a city government as patron influencing how
Michelangelo visualized the biblical hero David?
The biblical hero David was a popular subject for sculpture and
painting throughout the Renaissance and into the Baroque
period. By studying, comparing, and contrasting sculptures of
David created in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth
centuries, you can begin to see the stylistic changes that
occurred across these centuries. In 3 well-developed paragraphs,
compare and contrast the following 3 sculptures of David:
Early Renaissance: Donatello.
David.
1446-1460 (
Note
: Scroll down to figure 20-14).
High Renaissance: Michelangelo.
David
.
1501-1504. (figure 21-10).
Baroque. Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
David
. 1
623. (figure 23-4)
In your comparison, discuss:

2. What specific visual similarities do you observe in these three
sculptures?
What specific differences do you see?
How has the attitude of David changed between these three
representations of David?
Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by
discussing specific works of art that you have read about this
week, talking about how they illustrate and support your ideas.
Question 2:
In Northern Europe, the group portrait was a popular genre of
painting in the Dutch Republic, and Rembrandt was in high
demand as a portraitist. In 3 well developed paragraphs,
discuss:
How did Rembrandt revolutionize the group portrait? Examine
his works
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
and
The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Night
Watch)
?
Artists like Rembrandt and the other successful Dutch portrait
artists laid the foundation for what today is seen as a proper or
successful portrait. From the official portrait of Kate Middleton
(2013) in England, to the portraits of US presidents, to those of
CEOs in major corporations all owe a debt to the work of
Rembrandt, Hals, and other seventeeth-century portrait painters.
Locate 2 contemporary portraits and discuss the visual
characteristics that are inspired by Rembrandt's style.
Be sure to explain your ideas clearly and support them by
discussing specific works of art that you have read about this
week, talking about how they illustrate and support your ideas.
Respond to
both
questions as thoroughly as possible, making sure to use
information from the readings and the lectures. All responses
should be in complete sentence form, using proper spelling and

3. grammar.
Discussion question responses should be at least a one-half,
double-spaced page in length. Your responses to your peers'
writing should be at least a good paragraph in length for each
question and should include specifics from the text or lecture.