By the due date assigned, respond to the assigned discussion questions and submit your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area. Start reviewing and responding to your classmates as early in the week as possible. Question 1: Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture in Italy 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 a minimum of 3 well-developed paragraphs, compare and contrast the following 3 sculptures of David: Early Renaissance: Donatello. David . 1446-1460. High Renaissance: Michelangelo. David . 1501-1504. Baroque. Gianlorenzo Bernini. David . 1623. In your comparison, discuss: What specific visual similarities do you observe in these three sculptures? What specific differences do you see? Consider the representation of the figure, additional objects portrayed, and the role of the viewer for each sculpture How has the attitude of David changed between these three representations? How is each sculpture representative of the time period and style in which it was created? 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: Dutch Baroque Painting As we learned this week, Dutch Baroque art showed the influence of Protestantism and the middle-class merchants and traders who served as patrons. Dutch Baroque artists created portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and genre scenes of domestic life. In a minimum of 2 well developed paragraphs, discuss how the following paintings reflect the social and historical context of sixteenth-century Holland. Consider the influence of religion, commerce, social structure, and/or patrons of the art in your response. Offer specific examples of how the subject of each painting reflects the society and culture in which it was created. Frans Hals, Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company of Saint Adrian, c. 1627 Rembrandt van Rijn, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632 Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664 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 grammar. As soon as possible, review and comment on the work of two of your peers (click the rubric below to learn how to achieve the most credit). In your comments, consider areas you would suggest for expansion or clarification. ...

1. By the due date assigned, respond to the assigned discussion
questions and submit your responses to the appropriate
Discussion Area. Start reviewing and responding to your
classmates as early in the week as possible.
Question 1: Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture in Italy
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 a minimum of 3 well-
developed paragraphs, compare and contrast the following 3
sculptures of David:
Early Renaissance: Donatello.
David
. 1446-1460.
High Renaissance: Michelangelo.
David
. 1501-1504.
Baroque. Gianlorenzo Bernini.
David
. 1623.

2. In your comparison, discuss:
What specific visual similarities do you observe in these three
sculptures?
What specific differences do you see? Consider the
representation of the figure, additional objects portrayed, and
the role of the viewer for each sculpture
How has the attitude of David changed between these three
representations?
How is each sculpture representative of the time period and
style in which it was created?
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: Dutch Baroque Painting
As we learned this week, Dutch Baroque art showed the
influence of Protestantism and the middle-class merchants and
traders who served as patrons. Dutch Baroque artists created
portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and genre scenes of domestic
life.
In a minimum of 2 well developed paragraphs, discuss how the
following paintings reflect the social and historical context of
sixteenth-century Holland. Consider the influence of religion,
commerce, social structure, and/or patrons of the art in your
response. Offer specific examples of how the subject of each
painting reflects the society and culture in which it was created.

3. Frans Hals, Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company of Saint
Adrian, c. 1627
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632
Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664
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
grammar.
As soon as possible, review and comment on the work of two of
your peers (click the rubric below to learn how to achieve the
most credit). In your comments, consider areas you would
suggest for expansion or clarification.