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Chapter 20

Visual and Style Analysis

Visual and Style Analysis

This activity contains 4 questions.

	View Leonardo's Last Supper (fig. 20-2) and Tintoretto's Last Supper (fig.20-43). Given that Tintoretto's version has much more animation and activity and is organized so that the table seems almost to burst into the viewer's space, why does Leonardo's version have such greater fame and the reputation among many art experts as a better work of art?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Look at the Bramante and Michelangelo plans for St. Peter's. Based on the evidence of just the plans, justify the assertion that "Michelangelo simplified Bramante's design to create a single, unified space…."   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Study in your text the work by Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck (fig. 20-35). Do you agree or disagree with the stance that "the painting challenges the viewer's intellect while it exerts its strange appeal to aesthetic sensibility?"   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Look in your text at Palladio's Villa Rotunda (fig. 20-47). Your book says of the building, "the use of a central dome on a domestic building was a daring innovation that effectively secularized the dome." Using your text, look back on domes from earlier chapters. Until Palladio, was the dome a religious preserve? Explain your answer.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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