Y8: 1-11. Renaissance Art

Year 8A & Year 8B

Today you are going to examine how art began to change during the Renaissance….

Follow the instructions step by step:

1.

Watch the following two videos to see what you can learn about Renaissance Art.

Renaissance – Overview – Goodbye-Art Academy. (8:25 minutes long)

10 Greatest Renaissance Paintings. (2:44 minutes long)

2.

Now also watch this video that shows very clearly the differences between Medieval Art and Renaissance Art.

Renaissance Art. (1:53 minutes long)

3.

Leonardo da Vinci was a very talented Renaissance artist. He is a typical Renaissance Man – that is “a person that lived during the Renaissance period who had ‘unquenchable curiosity’ and an ‘inventive imagination’ “. This song sums up Da Vinci’s life very effectively:

Leonardo da Vinci (“Dear Prudence” as performed by Siouxsie and the Banshees). (3:25 minutes long)

4.

Now you should be ready to answer a few more questions on the Renaissance! Here’s what you have to do:

“The Italian Renaissance, p.16-17″

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