1. Theme Related &
Contemporaneous Art
Session 6
Ms. Beka
Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach

2. LEONARDO DA VINCI.
The Last Supper, 1495-1498.
Media: Pitch, Tempera, Gesso, Mastic
Dimensions: 15 x 29 ft (450 x 870 cm)
What are
they talking
about?

3. The announcement of betrayal:
Judas

4. MICHELANGELO.
Pietà (Pity), 1498-1499.
Media: Marble
Dimensions: 174 x 195cm

5. Contrast with Michelangelo’s
Pietà

6. Mary = young face
Jesus = peaceful

7. Attacked by Laszlo Toth in 1972

8. MICHELANGELO.
David, 1501-1504.
Media: Marble
Dimensions: 5,17 m

9. Disproportionate for viewers

10. Who is David?
 A hero from the Bible
 David killed a 2,97 m giant
named, Goliath
 David symbolized the city
of Florence, Italy
 The surrounding powerful
states represent Goliath

11. LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Mona Lisa, 1503-1506.
Media: Oil paint
Dimensions: 77 x 53 cm

12. 2 Volunteers, please…

13. HIERONYMUS BOSCH.
Garden of Earthly Delights, 1505-1510.
Media: Oil on wood triptych
Dimensions: 220 x 389 cm

14. The sides fold in: Creation Story

15. Paradise
(Eden)
Earth Hell

16. Discuss in small groups:
What does this section mean?
Paradise
(Eden)

17. Discuss in small groups:
What does this section mean?
Earth

18. Discuss in small groups:
What does this section mean?
Hell

19. RAPHAEL. Philosophy (School of
Athens), 1509-1511.
Media: Fresco
Dimensions: 500 x 770 cm
Plato Aristotle
Pythagoras/Math Euclid/AstronomyHeraclitus/Michelangelo

21. Pythagoras/Math

22. Euclid/Astronomy

23. Heraclitus/Michelangelo

24. MICHELANGELO. Ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel, The Vatican, Rome, Italy, 1508-1512.
Media: Fresco

25. Context? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oo7_eFftuM

26. The Sistine Chapel Ad Campaign
 God’s creation of the world
 How to maintain a right
relationship with God
 What would happen if you
didn’t [maintain a right
relationship with God]

27. God’s Creation

28. The Last
Judgement

29. MATTHIAS GRÜNEWALD.
Crucifixion, 1515.
Media: Oil on Panel
St. Anthothy
St. Sebastian

30. Inside
Birth Announcement
Jesus’ Human Birth
Free from Sin
Jesus’ Resurrection