1. What
was the Renaissance?
URL: http://yawp.giant.net/wm/paint/glo/renaissance
How did the Renaissance in Italy compare/contrast to the Renaissance in
Germany?
2. What is the difference between the early Renaissance and the high
Renaissance in Italy? To what period is Leonardo ca Vinci associated?
URL: http://yawp.giant.net/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/it.html
3. Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance Man. He was a scientist, painter, sculptor, designer, architect, engineer, thinker, and futurist. Read a short biography of da Vinci (http://cellini.leonardo.net/museum/south.html#start).
What year was da Vinci born? __________
What year did da Vinci die? __________
How old was he when he died? ________
When and where did he paint the Mona Lisa?
4. Read a longer biographical biographical account from Encyclopedia Britannica at URL: http://www.eb.com/leonardo
a. Explain Leonardo da Vinci's "creative dualism".
b. What were da Vinci's dimostrazione?
5. You can view some of the traditional oil paintings by Leonardo da Vinci at URL: http://cellini.leonardo.net/museum/east.html
a. Who modeled for the Mona Lisa? About when was the portrait painted?
b. Name the museum, city, and country where this painting is on display.
6. For more information on the Mona Lisa, go to
URL: http://yawp.giant.net/wm/paint/auth/vinci/joconde
What does the 16th-century writer Firenzuola tell us about Mona Lisa's
smile in his essay "On the perfect beauty of a woman"?
7. When a person is described as a futurist, what does it mean? Look
at some of da Vinci's designs on
URL: http://cellini.leonardo.net/museum/west.html#start
Describe some of the designs which indicate da Vinci was a futurist.
8. How do the drawings and sketches of Leonardo da Vinci on
URL: http://cellini.leonardo.net/museum/north.html#start
reveal the philosophy and attitudes during the Renaissance?
Also look at the drawings and sketches located at the WebMuseum,
URL: http://yawp.giant.net/wm/paint/auth/vinci/sketch
9. Study the notebook of Leonardo, known today as the Codex Arundel,
located on the the British Library's Online Information Server at
URL: http://portico.bl.uk/access/treasures/da-vinci-notebook.html
a. What does it mean that the writing is in Leonardo's characteristic "mirror-writing"?
b. How does this notebook reflect Leonardo's strong belief and view that Renaissance artists had the high calling to be the transmitters of true and accurate data acquired by visual observation?
The Renaissance -- A Sampling of Culture
1. Make an apple
and orange tart from a 1588 recipe.
URL: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/org/Medieval/www/ src/contributed/grm/AS/cooking/apple-orange-tarte.html
2. When discussing how to make a feast in an article from Cariadoc's Miscellany, the authors David Friedman and Elizabeth Cook write about the problems associated with primary sources and secondary sources.
a. What are the primary sources?
b. What are the secondary sources?
c. What are the problems associated with primary sources?
d. What are problems associated with secondary sources?
See URL: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/to_make_a_feast.html
Related Sites in TheInternet Resource Directory for K-12 Teachers and Librarians, 96/97 Edition and the 97/98 Edition (to be published Fall 1997).
The
Art of Renaissance Science
URL: http://bang.lanl.gov/video/stv/arshtml/arstoc.html
This Web site was created by Joseph W. Dauben, professor of History and History of Science at Lehman College, City University of New York (jdx@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu). Professor Dauben traces the origins of modern science to mathematics practiced during the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, especially Galileo's mathematics, or "new science." The site also explores how Galileo's work was related to the works of painters and architects during the Italian Renaissance. This is an excellent site for older students studying Galileo. Incorporating interdisciplinary studies of science, math, history, and art, it effectively demonstrates how the interaction of artists and scientists in the Renaissance changed human perspective and contributed greatly to human knowledge. Information is accurate, interesting, and attractively illuminated with color graphics. This Web site is based on a videotape by Professor Dauben entitled "The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective."
Virtual
Renaissance: A Journey Through Time
URL: http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html
Virtual Renaissance is an excellent interdisciplinary project by teachers and students at Twin Groves Junior High School in Illinois. Visitors can teleport throughout Virtual Renaissance by location or by character. A clickable map takes travelers to all the major locations within Virtual Renaissance. Some of the highlights include: Cathedral of Santa Maria, Sistine Chapel, Tower of London, University of Padua, Globe Theatre, Hospital of the Innocents, and VirRen Castle, There is a chronology which lists major events by topic, a glossary, and links to Internet resources grouped by subject category. The Reference section has links to resource materials to be used in conjunction with the Virtual Renaissance Website, and links to student projects completed as a result of exploring Virtual Renaissance. Travel back in time to learn more about the Renaissance Period.
Rome
Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture
URL: http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/Main_Hall.html
This is the online exhibit of Rome Reborn: The Vatican Lbrary and Renaissance Culture. The original exhibit was on display in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress during the early months of 1993. The exhibit is divided into nine (9) sections: Vatican Library; Archaeology; Humanism; Mathematics; Music; Medicine and Biology; Nature Described; Orient to Rome; and Rome to China. Each section contains exhibit text and separate image files for each object. The exhibition presents the untold story of the Vatican Library as the intellectual driving force behind the emergence of Rome as a political and scholarly superpower during the Renaissance. Rare manuscripts, books, and maps are featured, many of which played a key role in the humanist recovery of the classical heritage of Greece and Rome.
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