Cazacliu Cătălin Mk-181

3 Express the following in one word:

a. great artist -great master
b. an artist who makes sculptures -sculptor
c. the art of painting with water-colours
on wet plaster -fresco
d. a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or
workmanship -clue
e. a picture representing an area of countryside-landscape

4 Decide if these statements are true or false.

1. Sistine Madonna is a water-colour. False
2. Mademoiselle Pogany is an engraving.True
3. David was sculptured by Constantin Brăncuşi.False
4. Pablo Picasso was often called Il Divino.False
5. John Constable was famous for woodcarving.False
6. Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the
suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly
innocent civilians.True
7. The Hay Wain, a painting by John Constable, depicts

a rural scene on the River Stour in Suffolk.False

2 Discuss the answers to the questions on the text:

1. Which are John Constable’s best known paintings?
The John Constable`s best known paintings are: ,,Dedham Vale’’ ; ,, The
Hay of Wain’’ ; ,,The Lock’’
2. What made Raphael such a great painter?
Raphael is such a great painter for his Madonnas and for his large
figure composition in the Vatican
3. What kind of pictures were painted by Pablo Picasso?
As a young man he took interest in masterpieces of famous artists like
El Greco and de Goya, During this period he painted his masterpiece
Guernica.
4. What art movement was led by Pablo Picasso?
In 1936 Civil War broke out in Spain. He shows the terrified people of
the ancient Spanish town which was bombed during the Civil War
5. Who was Michelangelo Buonarroti? Why is he famous?
Michelangelo Buonarroti was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter,
architect, poet, and engineer who was fabous by exerting an
unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
6. What are the most impressive works produced by Michelangelo
Buonarroti?
The most impressive works produced by Michelangelo Buonarroti were
the,, Pietа and David ,,and ,, The Last Judgment,, on the altar wall of
the Sistine Chapel in Rome
7. In what type of art did Constantin Brâncuși excel?
Constantin Brâncuși art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that
balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic
allusions of representational art.
 Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni  was an Italian sculptor,
painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of
Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western
art. His artistic versatility was of such a high order that he is often considered a
contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival,
the fellow Florentine, Leonardo da Vinci. Several scholars have described
Michelangelo as the greatest artist of his age and even as the greatest artist of all
time.
A number of Michelangelo's works of painting, sculpture and architecture rank
among the most famous in existence. His output in these fields was prodigious;
given the sheer volume of surviving correspondence, sketches and
reminiscences, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. He sculpted
two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, before the age of thirty.
Despite holding a low opinion of painting, he also created two of the most
influential frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on
the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and The Last Judgment on its altar
wall. His design of the Laurentian Library pioneered Mannerist architecture. At
the age of 74, he succeeded Antonio da Sangallo the Younger as the architect
of St. Peter's Basilica. He transformed the plan so that the western end was
finished to his design, as was the dome, with some modification, after his death.

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino was an Italian painter and architect of the High
Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition,
and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together
with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of
great masters of that period.
Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and,
despite his early death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works
are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the
central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School
of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome,
much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with
considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though
outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking.
After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more
widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and
harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls
naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari:
his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508)
absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and
triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close
associates.