Y8: 1-13. Renaissance Architecture

Year 8A & Year 8B

Today we are going to look at features of Renaissance Architecture ….

Follow the instructions step by step:

Do you know what is meant by “features”? If you had to describe the features of the man in the picture above, you will probably say that he:

has long brown hair
he wears a ponytail
he has thick bushy eyebrows
he has blue eyes
he has a very big nose
he has a fair Caucasian skin
he has very thick lips

So, “features” describe what the man looks like. When it come to architecture, we can use the words “features” or “characteristics” when we describe what a building from a certain period typically looked like.

Now go to page 15 in your workbook and use the table to write down features of Medieval & Renaissance Architecture. The videos below will help you with this task.

The first video is a short lecture on Renaissance Architecture.

Renaissance Architecture. (2:27 minutes long)

The second video is another short lecture. This one is on the building styles of the Romanesque and Gothic periods. This simply means the Early Middle Ages (Romanesque) and the Late Middle Ages (Gothic).

Medieval Architecture. (2:33 minutes long)

The third video gives written information on characteristics of Renaissance Architecture. There is no presenter in this video. So, you need to read the information.

Renaissance Architecture. (3:23 minutes long)

Let’s see if you were able to correctly write down some of the features of Medieval and Renaissance buildings:

Renaissance Architecture. (2:43 minutes long)

Copy into your book (onto the table on p.15) the features that you have not written down or that you have missed out.

Now, just to make sure you have a good understanding of the features of Renaissance architecture, look at this video clip:

Renaissance Architecture | Encyclopaedia Britannica. (3:57 minutes long)

And now for a bit of reading about the “Major Changes in Architecture.” …

Page 8

Finally, start doing the worksheet on “Changes in Architecture.” (p.18). You need to do questions 1-4 in your exercise book and do task number 5 in your Workbook – i.e. label the picture in your Workbook.

(If you are running out of time, do not worry! We will finish this in another lesson if you are unable to complete it in this lesson.)