Script for High Renaissance (with time edits for video/voice record)

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(video record show)

Nadine: For our presentation, we are going to talk about the period that is known to have the
most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance, the High Renaissance.
: High Renaissance Art was almost like a refinement of all the new innovative techniques
utilized during the Early Renaissance period. Malaki ang naging pagbabago sa painting,
architecture and sculpture sa period na ‘to, from using new painting media like oils to new
techniques like Sfumato and Quadratura.
High Renaissance Artists also delved deeper into the ideas of Humanism and created the
concept of the “Renaissance Man” or “Universal Man”.
// Some of the most notable High Renaissance Artists are Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo,
and Raphael.. also known as the “Big Three” and had the biggest rivalry during this period...
//but for today’s presentation.. we are only going to talk about 2 of these 3 artist.. namely;
Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo.

… James’ part…
..then James’Da Vinci…
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// MICHELANGELO
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
: Born on March 6, 1475, in a town near Arezzo, in Tuscany, This Italian Renaissance sculptor,
painter, architect, and poet, was known to be one of the greatest artists of all time and was
especially famous for his realistic depiction of human figures.
In his time, Michelangelo worked with nine different Popes, on both personal and public
pieces. He worked on large-scale projects, like painting the Sistine Chapel and hand carving
ornamental bed knobs for Popes.
He also studied and dissected corpses to check their anatomy and to completely seize the
humankind in his artwork.
Michelangelo also had bitter rivalry with his fellow artists; Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael.
Although he was never married, It has been revealed that most of his passionate love poems
were written to young men. And despite his hard work and being one of the world’s most
known artists and sculptors, he lived like a poor man.

// Michelangelo’s works…
DAVID
: Michelangelo's Statue of David, created in marble between 1501 and 1504, is the perfection
of the most famous sculptor in Florence and, perhaps, in all the world. In 1501, Michelangelo
was commissioned to create the David by the Arte della Lana, who were responsible for the
upkeep and the decoration of the Cathedral in Florence.
Traditionally, David was portrayed after his victory, triumphant over Goliath. But Michelangelo
breaks away from the traditional way of representing David. He presents David as a tactical,
rational man that can become a hero by his intelligence and willpower alone.
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Furthermore, He carved David out of a discarded piece of marble. Very much like this photo
shown on the slide. The statue now resides within the Florence Artwork Museum Academia
whereas a duplicate occupies its place within the square.

… next artwork

// Pietà
: Created in 1499, The Pietà is one of Michelangelo’s greatest marble sculptural masterpieces.
This is housed in the St. Peter’s Basilica. It shows Christ’s dead body, after his crucifixion, held
by Mother Mary. The two figures are rendered with serenity in their expressions and bodies
not typically conveyed like similar sculptures before, which depicted more pain and turmoil in
the figures’ expressions.
In the Pieta, Michelangelo approached a subject which until then had been given form mostly
north of the Alps, where the portrayal of pain had always been connected with the idea of
redemption: it was called the "Vesperbild" and represented the seated Madonna holding
Christ's body in her arms. But now the 23-year-old artist presents us with an image of the
Madonna with Christ's body never attempted before. Her face is youthful, yet beyond time;
her head leans only slightly over the lifeless body of her son lying in her lap.
Furthermore, Michelangelo has only ever signed one piece of artwork with his written
signature. This was on Pietà, his first sculptural masterpiece.
It was so good, and from such a young artist that people didn’t believe it was his work, so he
engraved his name on Virgin Mary’s sash.

From this point on in his painting work, his signature became painting himself in the
masterpiece.

…next artwork..
(sistine chapel slide..)
// The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
: The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous painted interior spaces in the world, and
virtually all of this fame comes from the breathtaking painting of its ceiling from about 1508-
1512. The location of the building is very close to St. Peter’s Basilica and the Belvedere
Courtyard in the Vatican.
Originally, the Sistine Chapel’s vaulted ceiling was painted blue and covered with golden stars. 
The walls were adorned with frescoes by different artists, and in 1508, Pope Julius II hired
Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the chapel, rather than leaving it appear as it had.  Before
this time, Michelangelo had gained fame through his work as a sculptor, working on such great
works as the Pieta and David.  He was not, however, highly esteemed for his work with the
brush.  According to Vasari, the reason why Julius gave such a lofty task to Michelangelo was
because of the instigation of two artistic rivals of his, the painter Raphael and the architect
Bramante.  Vasari says that the two hoped that Michelangelo would fall flat, since he was less
accustomed to painting than he was to sculpting, or alternatively he would grow so aggravated
with the Julius that he would want to depart from Rome altogether.
Rather than falling on his face, however, Michelangelo rose to the task to create one of the
masterpieces of Western art.
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The paintings The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment were a part of the Sistine Chapel’s
repainting, commissioned by Pope Julius II.
In the Creation of Adam, we see the muscular and well-defined figure of Adam on the right
reaching out his left arm to touch the extended arm of God on the right. The Last
Judgment  shows the central figure of Christ with his arms overhead. He is surrounded by what
is tallied to be over 300 other figures with the more notable Virgin Mother Mary, John the
Baptist, and St. Peter.
A most famous self-portrait of Michelangelo is in “The Last Judgment” fresco, which is on the
wall of the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo’s self-portrait appears to be on his own shredded human skin, which St.
Bartholomew holds in his grip.

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: And that would be all for the High Renaissance period.. we will now be transitioning to..
the Late Renaissance..

(Other facts)
At 13 years old, Michelangelo obtained apprenticeship from Ghirlandaio.
In 1489, a wealthy man and Florence's de facto ruler named Lorenzo de Medici asked
Ghirlandaio for two of his best pupils. Without hesitation, he recommended Francesco
Granacci and Michelangelo. Hence, the young artist was given a chance to be enrolled in the
Humanist Academy, an institution founded by the Medici.

While studying at the academy, Michelangelo realized that his outlook and works were rather
influenced by numerous writers and philosophers in history such as Pico della Mirandola,
Poliziano and Marsilio Ficino. It was also during this period that the artist began sculpting
some of his renowned works including the Battle of the Centaurs and Madonna of the Steps.
Poliziano suggested the theme Battle of the Centaurs, and this artwork was commissioned by
Lorenzo de Medici.