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Renaissance Art
During your time in Munich, you visited the Alte Pinakothek. Write an essay that describes the works of the greatest German Renaissance painter, Albrecht Drer. In particular, describe three of his paintings in Gallery II of the Alte Pinakothek: The Paumgartner Altarpiece, The Four Apostles, and his Self-Portrait. Remember, his works always exhibited a certain seriousness and solemnity. You can write about how he exhibited these characteristics in his works. You can also focus on how he had mastered the techniques that characterized Renaissance art such as his use of perspective and gradual shading that he achieved by applying layers of blended paint. You can also consider how Drers paintings reflect his Protestant sentiments and the seriousness with which he understood the importance of Christian scriptures as being critical to a persons salvation. If you want to write about another Renaissance artist or artists, you can also consider the works of Lucas Cranach, who also has two important works in Gallery II and Gallery IIB. Other significant figures of the German Renaissance in Gallery II and Gallery IIB (both on the second floor), and Gallery XII and Gallery XIII (on the first floor) are Albrecht Altdorfer, Matthias Grnewald, and Martin Schongauer.

Sources to consider for this essay:
Davies, Penelope, et al. Jansons History of Art: The Western Tradition. 7th edition. Vol. 3. The Renaissance through the Rococo. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2007. pp. 632-645.
Getlein, Mark. Gilberts Living With Art. 7th edition. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2005. pp 397-402.
Lindemann, Gottfried. History of German Art: Painting Sculpture Architecture. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. pp 75-97.
Piper, David. The Illustrated History of Art. New York: Crescent Books, 1994.
pp 150-157.


outline:
Intro:
Introduce Renaisasnce art
o Originated in Italy, begins years before Germany. Ca 1350-1600
o People began exploring other topics than Christianity in art.
o Donatello and Betticelli were prominent Italian renaissance artists
o Leonardo Da Vinci studied the proportions of humans greatly
Created the Vitruvian man
o Michelangelo produced sculptures primarily, but also produced painings, such as the Sistine chapel
Describe that it moved to the north around the mid 1400s
o Started with the protestant reformation.
o Moved to using painting and graphic arts
The woodcut
o Germany was part of the holy roman empire at the time and wanted to push away from this.
Topic sentence
o Two prominent german artists during the Northern Renaissance were Albrecht Durer and Lucas Cranach
Durer
Lived from 1471 1528
Was the Da vinci of Germany
Focused on painting and engravings
His work Self Portrait
o Was the german mona lisa
o Was big because not only was it a self portrait, its depiction was religious in its own sense
o Painted himself as the embodiment of jesus Christ
Felt as if he himself was the embodiment of Christ, viewing himself as almost holy
His most popular engraving was the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Painted the Four apostles, another popular work that details these apostles as haggard and worn
Cranach
Lived from 1472 1553
Reformer and court artists
Focused on woodcut and painting
Painted An allegory of law and grace in 1530 as well as producing a woodcut for this
o Left side illustrates law, right side illustrates grace
o Still a fairly religious work, but focuses on how there is a separation
Focused on painting mythological works when he was employed as a court painter
o The judgement of paris
Depicts paris deliberating over three goddesses, while cupid in the background is signaling to choose the goddess of love, venus
Conclusion:
Restate thesis and summarize
Discuss the honorable mentions: Albrecht Altdorfer and hans Holbein
Discuss how they focused on distinctive german syles like the woodcut.