Renaissance Painting and Writing workshop

Cultura y Civilización de los Pueblos de Habla Inglesa I
Facultad de Lenguas, UNC

Renaissance Painting and
Writing Workshop

• Answer the following questions in relation to Renaissance Painting.

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​Renaissance Painting

Multiple Choice

What were the main types of paintings produced during the Renaissance in England?

• Illuminated manuscripts for monasteries and churches

• Secular portraits and miniatures commissioned by high members of the Church of England

• Secular portraits and miniatures commissioned by the royal court, the nobility and the higher middle classes

• Landscape paintings commissioned by the royal court and nobility

Multiple Choice

During the English Renaissance, what was true about the artists who painted full-sized portraits for the royal court?

• They were mostly native English painters trained exclusively in England, like Nicholas Hilliard.

•  They were mainly foreign artists invited to work in England, like Hans Holbein the Younger.

• They were Italian masters who traveled frequently to England, like Leonardo da Vinci.

Multiple Select

What general characteristics of Renaissance painting can you identify in

the Armada Portrait?

• The use of oil paints to achieve fine details and vibrant colours

• Strict adherence to Catholic religious themes

• The emphasis on details and symbolic objects

• The rejection of realism in favour of abstract forms

• The use of bright colours and careful shading to capture light effects

Multiple Choice

 Which of the following statements best describes miniatures in Tudor England?

• They were large-scale oil paintings designed for public display and heavily influenced by continental Renaissance artists such as Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver.

  
  

• They evolved from the tradition of illuminated manuscripts while incorporating Renaissance ideas about portraiture, reaching remarkable levels of skill with Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver.

• They were mainly produced as illustrations for religious manuscripts, and their leading artists were Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver.

Assignment:

Read and analyze the source below. Then write a paragraph of between 300 and 350 words answering the question that follows. Give your paragraph a working title.

​Writing workshop: Working with the Collaborative Activity:

​Unknown artist. (1588). The Armada Portrait [Painting]. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armada_Portrait_Elizabeth_I_Queens_House.jpg

​To what extent does the Armada Portrait relate to the context of production?

​How can you approach this type of questions?

Activity: Get in pairs again and complete the following chart. Then, we will check the chart all together.

​Writing workshop: Working with a "To what extent" question

Expressions:

How can we introduce a source in our writing? 

• The [name of the painting or building] is a [type of source] that shows…  

• [Name of the painting or building] is an example of [style] that reveals…

Describing details

• This image shows… / One notable feature is… /One striking feature is the use of…

• One way the painting reflects the political context is…

 Interpreting the meaning

• This reveals that… / This detail suggests … / These features reflect …

• This can be linked to the [economic, political, religious…] context of …

• This demonstrates the wealth/power/influence of…

• However, it does not fully reflect the [economic/religious/social] situation because…

​Writing workshop: Working with a "To what extent" question

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