WEEK 13 MIDDLE AGESCompiled by Amy

Vanishing Point

• Parallel points that meet at an intersection on a picture plane.

• The vanishing point is the area the picture should be viewed from!

• This is important in Medieval or “high renaissance art”

Botticelli’s Tondo

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi orSandro Botticelli 1445

http://www.sandrobotticelli.net/

Adoration of the Magihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8ffs_MeY5M

Primeverahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwZn852brII

Birth of Venushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdp22elrY7s

Johannes Gutenberg• Son of a German merchant born in

Mainz

• He trained to be a goldsmith

• Father worked for the church mint.

• Investigated forgery cases.

• His name House of Gansfleish or Gutenberg was where his family name came from.

• His family was forced to move because of a revolt. Lived in Strassbourg.

• He also was a gem polisher.

• He broke a marriage promise.

Gutenberg Printing Press 1455Printing Press Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XLWleZgU3s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZN_X6gPjEc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vl2j24Mtk

Gutenberg Bible

Gutenberg Museum in Mainz

• http://www.gutenberg-museum.de/index.php?id=29&L=1

• Family ticket (parents with own children (up to 15 years):  € 10.00

• 7 and under is free.

• Group rates for over 10 people.

• Friday morning 10am meet up in front.