Instructions for Exam 1 (Wednesday, 2/11):

Please list the objects title, artist (if known), patron (if known), original
setting, and medium.
Discuss its important formal qualities, meanings, and functions. Please
write in complete sentences and coherent paragraphs!

Images:

Robert Campin, Mrode Altarpiece, Tournai (Belgium), ca. 1425-8.

Alberti, west faade of S. Maria Novella, Florence (Italy), 1456-70.
Botticelli, Primavera, Florence, ca. 1482.
Raphael, Philosophy (School of Athens), Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican City,
Rome, 1509-11
Comparison: Simone Martini, Annunciation, altarpiece for Siena Cathedral, 1333;
Fra Angelico, Annunciation, S. Marco, Florence, ca. 1438-47.
Comparison: Donatello, David, ca. 1440-60; Michelangelo, David, from the Piazza
della Signoria, Florence (now at the Accademia), 1501-4.
Bonus: Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo, Madonna of the Rocks, altarpiece from S.
Francesco Grande, Milan, begun in 1483.

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#2 (5 minutes)

#3 (5 minutes)

#4 (5 minutes)

#5 (10 minutes)

#6 (10 minutes)

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