Week 12: Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2k17

Hey #Davis7 Welcome to the Renaissance!  We've got A LOT to do this week...This blog post is not going to be like previous weeks.  We have three class periods this week and we will spend them answering and discussing the following questions:

Raphael's The School of Athens

Below: Renaissance Video Podcast for #Davis7

The answers come from our Renaissance Doc:Renaissance Doc!

1. What are the purposes of these three types of art below?
2. When were the three periods of art? (Classical, Medieval, Renaissance)
3. What were the major differences in the figures in the art?
4. Did Renaissance art show humans in a more realistic or imaginative sense?
5. What is humanism?
6. What did humanists do to help them learn about the Classical world?
7. Why did humanists study?  Do we study today for the same reasons humanists did back then?
8. What did humanists study?
9. Humanists LOVED science.  Did they use the study of science to challenge the “old way” of thinking?  Why do YOU think they did this?  Do we still do this today? Give an example
10. Why do you think Florence, a “banking center” had an impact on the birth of the Renaissance?
11. Name three famous Renaissance thinkers (who are also Ninja Turtles) born in Florence.
12. Architects and engineers were particularly attracted to what types of architecture? Briefly describe two Renaissance advances in paintings techniques? How do you think painting perspective changes the way people look at artwork
13. What is significant of Donatello’s David?   About Michelangelo’s David?
14. What were two ways in which Renaissance literature differed from Medieval Literature How did the study of science change during the Renaissance?  
15. Do you think we see some of these ideas/practices in science today? 
16. You just read a little bit about Leonardo da Vinci but there’s SO much more to learn about him.  Read the passage from the chapter then click here to read the article about Leonardo da Vinci and then click here to watch a video about him.  What do YOU think was da Vinci’s two greatest accomplishment and what do you think was his greatest attribute? (don’t know what attribute is?...look it up!) 
17. How did the Medici family influence and rule in Renaissance Florence? 
18. What book did Machiavelli write and what was the book about?

Friday, November 3 - SHORT Quiz on the Renaissance!