Harmony Fine Arts
Art and Music Appreciation
Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music
Compiled by Barbara McCoy
www.harmonyfinearts.com
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Table of Contents
List of Composers and Artists Page 4
Book List Page 5
Overview Page 6
How to Get Started Page 7
Art Supplies List Page 8
Featured Works-How To Page 8
Steps for Picture Study Page 9
Additional Viewing Ideas Page 9
Notes: Draw Squad Page 12
Notes: Artistic Pursuits Page 12
Art and Music Notebook Page 13
Note About Internet Links Page 13
Weekly Schedules
Weeks 1-4 Giotto/Vivaldi Page 14
Weeks 5-8 Fra Angelico/Bach Page 16
Weeks 9-12 Leonardo da Vinci/Handel Page 18
Weeks 13-16 Raphael/Haydn Page 20
Weeks 17-20 Botticelli/Mozart Page 22
Weeks 21-24 Michelangelo/Beethoven Page 24
Weeks 25-28 Bruegel/Schubert Page 26
Weeks 29-32 Durer/Berlioz Page 28
Painting Index Page 30
Coloring Page Index Page 39
Blank Artist Notebook Page Page 47
Blank Composer Notebook Page Page48
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Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music-Middle School
Level
Composer List
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frideric Handel
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig von Beethoven
Franz Schubert
Hector Berlioz
Artist List
Giotto di Bondone
Fra Angelico
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
Michelangelo
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Albrecht Durer
Ideas for using a 32-week schedule:
1. You can take a break mid-year to catch up if needed.
2. You can have a one-week review period every quarter.
3. You can start art and music four weeks after all your other subjects when you have
your routine going.
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Music Appreciation Author ISBN
The Stories of Vivaldi and Corelli B000001KD5
The Story of Bach B000001KCL
The Story of Handel B000001KCX
The Story of Haydn B000001KD1
The Story of Mozart B000001KCN
The Story of Beethoven B000001KCZ
The Story of Schubert B000001KCT
The Story of Berlioz B000001KDH
Art Appreciation
Option 2
DK Eyewitness: Renaissance
Alison Cole 0-7894-5582X
Getting to Know the World’s Great-
est Artist: Giotto
Mike Venezia 0-516-27040-0
Getting to Know the World’s Great-
est Artist: Bruegel
Mike Venezia 0-516-42279-0
Mark Kistler’s Draw Squad Mark Kistler 0-671-65694-5
Art Appreciation
Option 3
Artistic Pursuits Grades 4-6, Book 2
2nd Edition
Used on Amazon.com
The updated version of this book is
Artistic Pursuits Grades 4-5 Book 2
Brenda Ellis 0-976205556
Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music-Materials List
You can click over to the Harmony Fine Arts Grade 6 Materials Page for your convenience.
Scroll down on the page to see the items suggested to purchase for this grade level. You can also
access it from the Materials tab at the top of the Harmony Fine Arts website.
Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music-Middle School Level
Supplies List Option One
Optional 3-ring binder and page protectors to store your art prints.
Option Two
Set of thin colored markers
Set of colored pencils
Printer paper or a sketch pad to use with Draw Squad
Pencils-standard #2 pencils or mechanical pencil with a 2B lead
Optional 3-ring binder to store your drawings, art prints, and artist biography notebook pages
Option Three
Suggestions from Artistic Pursuits, page 2:
1 Prismacolor watercolor pencil set of 12
1 Prismacolor color pencil set of 12
1 watercolor brush round #8
1 watercolor paper pad
1 sketch pad for drawing
1 construction paper pad, assorted colors
1 vinyl eraser
1 metal handheld pencil sharpener
Optional portfolio to store your completed
artwork
Music Appreciation
Optional 3-ring binder to hold a timeline and composer’s biography notebook pages
How to View and Use the Featured Works in Option One The featured works listed in Option One are all linked to internet websites where you can view the
paintings online. The links are also listed along with the options so if you print out the pages, you can
still manually type in the web address for the paintings.
To view a featured work, sometimes you will need to look for the specific artist and then click the
particular painting you are looking to view. Most images you can click to enlarge them for a better
viewing size.
You can right click on the painting with your mouse and copy it to your desktop to print it out. In most
cases, it is permissible to download one copy for study purposes.
Each featured work will be viewed for one week. The goal of picture study will be to view the painting
for one week and then at the end of the week, to have your child narrate back all the details he can
recall about the painting.
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Medieval and Renaissance Art
Weeks 1-4
Option 1 Picture Study
1 Read: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists-Giotto Read: Renaissance pages 6-9
Complete: Draw Squad Pre-Test page 21 Read: Draw Squad Ten Key Words of Drawing page 24-25 View: Flight into Egypt List all the colors you see in the painting.
2 Read: Renaissance pages 10-13 View: History for Kids-Giotto Additional information about Giotto and a slideshow of his paintings. (Preview slideshow before sharing it with your children.)
Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 1: Foreshortening View: Life of St. Francis, Renunciation to Wealth Observe the buildings shapes and angles. Draw some of the buildings shown in the Life of St. Francis into your drawing notebook.
3 Read: Renaissance pages 16-17 View: Cappella Scrovegni: Visit the chapel online and be sure to click on the link to view the paintings from the entrance to get a better idea of how they are arranges in the chapel.
Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 2: Surface View: The Dream of Joachim and observe the differ-ent surfaces in the painting. Recreate the building in this painting in your note-book showing what you learned about surface.
4 Add Giotto to your timeline and complete an artist’s notebook page. Giotto Biography
Complete: Draw Squad Lesson 5: Density View: Homage of a Simple Man, Detail and observe the shapes and arches. Use the concepts from this lesson to recreate this painting in your notebook.
Notes for Option 2:
Week 2: Link to History for Kids: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/art/giotto.htm
Week 3: Link to chapel: http://www.wga.hu/tours/giotto/index2.html
Week 4: Link to Giotto biography: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto.html
Week 4: Link to painting: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto34.html
Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337 CE) Gothic/Italian Featured Works: 1. *Flight into Egypt, c. 1305-1306 (image 56) 2. Life of St. Francis, Renunciation to Wealth 3. The Dream of Joachim, 1304-1306 (image 27) 4. Lamentation of Christ, c 1305-1306 (76) Weeks 1,3, and 4: www.abcgallery.com. Week 2: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/francis/SSF-renounce-m.jpg Biography: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/giotto/giotto.html *See Painting Appendix
Option 2 Art Appreciation with Art Skills
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Medieval and Renaissance Art
Weeks 1-4
Option 3 Artistic Pursuits with Picture Study Notes for Option 3: Parents: Please pre-read pages 1-4 before week one so you have an introduction to Artistic Pursuits.
Composer Study: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Notes for Composer Study:
Link to Vivaldi biography: http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Antonio_Vivaldi/22387.htm
Link to Optional listening: http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=79
1 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2 Unit 1 pages 5-8 Complete watercolor project on page 8.
View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, note all the different colors that Giotto used.
2 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2 Unit 1 pages 9-10 Complete the Final Project on page 10 using watercolors
After completing the Final Project, watercolor a por-tion of one of Giotto’s paintings.
3 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2 Unit 2 pages 11-13 Complete the observation painting on page 13.
View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, note all the primary colors that Giotto used.
4 Artistic Pursuits 4-6 Book 2 Unit 2 pages 14-15 Complete the Final Project on page 12 using watercolor pencils.
View: Option 1 paintings and as you view each painting, look for hard and soft edges.
Story of Vivaldi and Corelli Listen to tracks 1-12 for a narrative biography. Listen to tracks 13-14 for complete musical selections. Add Vivaldi to your timeline and complete a composer’s notebook page. Optional listening: Classics for Kids: Vivaldi
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Giotto di Bondone, 1266-1337
Lamentation of Christ, c. 1305
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