{"id":1575,"date":"2017-02-24T04:26:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T04:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/masteryart1-91\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1575"},"modified":"2018-10-30T20:48:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T20:48:38","slug":"module-8-michelangelo-and-giacometti-forum","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-artappreciation\/chapter\/module-8-michelangelo-and-giacometti-forum\/","title":{"raw":"Module 8  Michelangelo and Giacometti  Forum","rendered":"Module 8  Michelangelo and Giacometti  Forum"},"content":{"raw":"<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>When I was leaving Venice to travel to the historical city of Florence, I knew that soon I would be seeing one of the most\u00a0 famous artworks in the history of art. There are actually many statues of <\/b><strong>David<\/strong><b>\u00a0 in Florence, but the sculpture that I was thinking of was Michelangelo's version. After teaching art history for 25 years, I have grown weary of seeing this statue around every corner. I have read 25 years of essays on the 15 foot naked man, that used to be standing in the largest square in that renaissance city.<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Michelangelo [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons<\/span>\r\n<ul class=\"mw-mmv-image-links\">\r\n \t<li class=\"mw-mmv-license-li cc-license\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a class=\"mw-mmv-license\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 3.0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"mw-mmv-filename-li\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span class=\"mw-mmv-filename-prefix\">File:<\/span><span class=\"mw-mmv-filename\">'David' by Michelangelo JBU0001.JPG<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"mw-mmv-datetime-li\"><span class=\"mw-mmv-datetime\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">Created: 8 July 2008<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d7\/Michelangelo%27s_David.JPG\/1024px-Michelangelo%27s_David.JPG\" width=\"388\" height=\"580\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Now in a museum, this particular marble man still inspires awe. It may be the most beautiful object made by human hands. And in this giant's face, one sees the pride that was Florence, in the early years of the 16th century. In this little spot of earth called Tuscany, an artist of immeasurable talent, has created a work of art which perfectly captures an age.<\/span><\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/renaissance-reformation\/high-ren-florence-rome\/michelangelo\/v\/michelangelo-david-marble-1501-04-galleria-dell-accademia-florence<\/span>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nekojoe\/4348026228\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Man Pointing | by NekoJoe Man Pointing | by NekoJoe<\/span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span class=\"cc-license-title\">Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic<\/span> <span class=\"cc-license-identifier\">(CC BY-NC 2.0)<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Flicker.com<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>There is another figure which perfectly captures a different time, and that statue is <\/b>Man Pointing <b>, see links by the Swiss artist, Alberto Giacometti.<\/b><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/giacometti-man-pointing-n05939\">www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/giacometti-man-pointing-n05939<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/art-1010\/art-between-wars\/surrealism1\/v\/giacometti-palace-at-4am-1932<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Link to Man Pointing<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/moma.org\/exhibitions\/2001\/giacometti\/start\/goflash.html\">moma.org\/exhibitions\/2001\/giacometti\/start\/goflash.html\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/b>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Giacometti was influenced by the philosophy of existentialism, expounded by the writer Jean-Paul Sartre. What drove Giacometti to make the figure of a man which is hardly a man? What personal experiences in his life would make an artist create such a statue?<\/b><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>What about this standing man perfectly captures our age?<\/b><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Do some research on existentialism, and the artist Giacometti. Compare the figure of Michelangelo's David; and Standing Man. Which work affects you most deeply? Can we discuss Giacometti's work as beautiful? Can it stand up to Michelangelo's as a work of genius?<\/b><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>What representation of man\/woman do you think would be appropriate in the 21st century?<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Do some research on Existentialism , and the artist Giacometti.<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Compare the figure of Michelangelo's David ; and Standing Man.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Which work affects you most deeply? Can we discuss Giacometti's work as beautiful?<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Can it stand up to Michelangelo's as a work of genius?<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>What representation of man\/woman do you think would be appropriate in the 21st century?<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Find an image of a human being online that represents your idea of 21st century man\/woman.<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Here is my example :<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2001\/09\/23\/magazine\/23MERMELSTEIN-SS_1.html\">www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2001\/09\/23\/magazine\/23MERMELSTEIN-SS_1.html<\/a><\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Rediscovery of Greco Roman Art<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:<\/span>\/\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/hd\/clan\/hd_clan.htm\">www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/hd\/clan\/hd_clan.htm<\/a><\/b>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Leonardo<\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ap-art-history\/early-europe-and-colonial-americas\/renaissance-art-europe-ap\/v\/leonardo-da-vinci-last-supper-1495-98<\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/renaissance-reformation\/high-ren-florence-rome\/leonardo-da-vinci\/a\/about-leonardo<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Michelangelo<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/renaissance-reformation\/high-ren-florence-rome\/michelangelo\/a\/michelangelo-sculptor-painter-architect-and-poet<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Raphael<\/b><\/span>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ap-art-history\/early-europe-and-colonial-americas\/renaissance-art-europe-ap\/a\/raphael-school-of-athens<\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>When I was leaving Venice to travel to the historical city of Florence, I knew that soon I would be seeing one of the most\u00a0 famous artworks in the history of art. There are actually many statues of <\/b><strong>David<\/strong><b>\u00a0 in Florence, but the sculpture that I was thinking of was Michelangelo&#8217;s version. After teaching art history for 25 years, I have grown weary of seeing this statue around every corner. I have read 25 years of essays on the 15 foot naked man, that used to be standing in the largest square in that renaissance city.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Michelangelo [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mw-mmv-image-links\">\n<li class=\"mw-mmv-license-li cc-license\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a class=\"mw-mmv-license\" style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 3.0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"mw-mmv-filename-li\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span class=\"mw-mmv-filename-prefix\">File:<\/span><span class=\"mw-mmv-filename\">&#8216;David&#8217; by Michelangelo JBU0001.JPG<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"mw-mmv-datetime-li\"><span class=\"mw-mmv-datetime\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">Created: 8 July 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d7\/Michelangelo%27s_David.JPG\/1024px-Michelangelo%27s_David.JPG\" width=\"388\" height=\"580\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Now in a museum, this particular marble man still inspires awe. It may be the most beautiful object made by human hands. And in this giant&#8217;s face, one sees the pride that was Florence, in the early years of the 16th century. In this little spot of earth called Tuscany, an artist of immeasurable talent, has created a work of art which perfectly captures an age.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/renaissance-reformation\/high-ren-florence-rome\/michelangelo\/v\/michelangelo-david-marble-1501-04-galleria-dell-accademia-florence<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nekojoe\/4348026228\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2762\/4348026228_cecdf3cabd_z.jpg\" alt=\"Man Pointing\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Man Pointing | by NekoJoe Man Pointing | by NekoJoe<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span class=\"cc-license-title\">Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic<\/span> <span class=\"cc-license-identifier\">(CC BY-NC 2.0)<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Flicker.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>There is another figure which perfectly captures a different time, and that statue is <\/b>Man Pointing <b>, see links by the Swiss artist, Alberto Giacometti.<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/<a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/giacometti-man-pointing-n05939\">www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/giacometti-man-pointing-n05939<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/art-1010\/art-between-wars\/surrealism1\/v\/giacometti-palace-at-4am-1932<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Link to Man Pointing<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/moma.org\/exhibitions\/2001\/giacometti\/start\/goflash.html\">moma.org\/exhibitions\/2001\/giacometti\/start\/goflash.html\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Giacometti was influenced by the philosophy of existentialism, expounded by the writer Jean-Paul Sartre. What drove Giacometti to make the figure of a man which is hardly a man? What personal experiences in his life would make an artist create such a statue?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>What about this standing man perfectly captures our age?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Do some research on existentialism, and the artist Giacometti. Compare the figure of Michelangelo&#8217;s David; and Standing Man. Which work affects you most deeply? Can we discuss Giacometti&#8217;s work as beautiful? Can it stand up to Michelangelo&#8217;s as a work of genius?<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>What representation of man\/woman do you think would be appropriate in the 21st century?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Do some research on Existentialism , and the artist Giacometti.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Compare the figure of Michelangelo&#8217;s David ; and Standing Man.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Which work affects you most deeply? Can we discuss Giacometti&#8217;s work as beautiful?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Can it stand up to Michelangelo&#8217;s as a work of genius?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>What representation of man\/woman do you think would be appropriate in the 21st century?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Find an image of a human being online that represents your idea of 21st century man\/woman.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Here is my example :<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:\/\/<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2001\/09\/23\/magazine\/23MERMELSTEIN-SS_1.html\">www.nytimes.com\/slideshow\/2001\/09\/23\/magazine\/23MERMELSTEIN-SS_1.html<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Rediscovery of Greco Roman Art<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">http:<\/span>\/\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/hd\/clan\/hd_clan.htm\">www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/hd\/clan\/hd_clan.htm<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Leonardo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ap-art-history\/early-europe-and-colonial-americas\/renaissance-art-europe-ap\/v\/leonardo-da-vinci-last-supper-1495-98<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/renaissance-reformation\/high-ren-florence-rome\/leonardo-da-vinci\/a\/about-leonardo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Michelangelo<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/renaissance-reformation\/high-ren-florence-rome\/michelangelo\/a\/michelangelo-sculptor-painter-architect-and-poet<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>Raphael<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/humanities\/ap-art-history\/early-europe-and-colonial-americas\/renaissance-art-europe-ap\/a\/raphael-school-of-athens<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1575\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Module 8  Michelangelo and Giacometti  Forum. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: J. 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