Answering these questions enables you to relate material from the text to your own personal experiences.
If you could own any one work of art from this chapter, which would it be? Why?
The adornment of the Sistine Chapel was the result of an extraordinary alliance of patronage and artistry. What (if any) undertakings in our own time do you consider comparable?
In your view, has photography replaced portrait painting as a medium for immortalizing the individual? Why or why not?
Consider a work of art by Michelangelo, Raphael, or Leonardo in relation to the Renaissance views of human nature (Pico, Castiglione, etc.) you read about in Chapter 16.
Consider Titian’s Venus of Urbino in relation to Marinella and Castiglione’s writing on women.
