Day 45: Artists of the Italian Renaissance (5/3/11)

Standard: 7.8.5: Detail advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy.

Aim: The historians of 2016 will research an artist from the Renaissance and create a presentation describing his life and accomplishments.

Task 1: Submit your homework here.

Task 2 Quick Question: Who from our culture or modern times will be remember for their accomplishments in 500 years?

Task 3: Track Mr. Sanders as he introduces artists of the Renaissance and Leonardo Da Vinci.

Task 4: Read about one of the other Renaissance painters and create a Google Presentation or Notaland document. There must be at least three pages to your presentation including the cover page.

Artists you can research:

• Masaccio
• Donatello
• Brunelleshi
• Michaelangelo Buonarroti
• Titian
• Tintoretto
• Bellini
• Botticelli
• Caravaggio
• Ghiberti
• Giotto
• Raphael

Task 5: Post your presentation to your history portfolio.

Homework: Read 28.5 about Humanism and complete the workbook page.