Renaissance Newspaper

Leonardo da Vinci

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity prepared for TRITEC demonstration lesson by Denise Hogan.

 

 

 
2.  Growth of the Renaissance - art literature and architecture, including Michelangelo and Fillippo Brunellisschi.  Importance realism in art and literature and linear perspective.

 

3. Importance of trade and travel, and books in helping spread ideas of the Renaissance.  Mention moveable type and Johannes Gutenberg.

 

4.  Four things that helped bring an end to Feudalism in Europe; plague, rise in monarchies, growth of individualism, and the growth of the commercial class.  Focus on how people became more concerned about themselves and making money for themselves.

 

5.  Humanism.  Three ideas they follow from Greeks and Romans, and compare Northern Europeans Humanism to Italian Humanism.

 

6.  Leonardo da Vinci.  Describe at least two of his most famous paintings.

Describe some of the inventions and any other advancements he made in math and science

 

7.  Black Plague - Where did it occur and spread to, when it started, how it was spread, how people tried to avoid getting it, the impact it had on the population of Europe, and what it looked like and how it affected people.

 

 

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