Download The Renaissance Art Scavenger Hunt

Name:
Renaissance Art Investigation
For this activity you will be looking up various pieces of Renaissance art. For
Box A, use the information on the sheet I have given you. When you get to Boxes
B-G you will need to look up images of these works of art. For instance in Box B,
look up images of the Mona Lisa. On top of this, research the work itself.
Understand why it was created, unique features, explanation of what is going on.
This will help you answer the values questions. You will need to read the
information on the handout I have given you to do this.
A. Basic Info:
1. What does "Renaissance" literally translate to?
2. During what centuries did the Renaissance take
place?
3. With what cultures did people of the
Renaissance compare their cultures?
4. The Renaissance was considered to "herald the
modern age" characterized by what four things?
5. Today the Renaissance is considered a
_____________ and _____________
movement.
B. Leonardo da Vinci [Mona Lisa]:
1. What techniques make this a Renaissance
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
painting?
2. What Renaissance values are embodied in this
2.
painting?
C. Raphael [The School of Athens]::
1. What techniques make this a Renaissance
1.
painting?
2. What Renaissance values are embodied in this
painting?
D. Michelangelo [David]::
1. What details or elements of this sculpture make
2.
1.
it a Renaissance sculpture?
2. What Renaissance values are embodied in this
sculpture?
2.
E. Michelangelo [The Creation of Man ]::
1. What makes this a Renaissance painting?
1.
F. Van Eyck [Arnolfini Wedding]::
1. What makes this a Renaissance painting?
1.
2. How is it different from or similar to the works
of da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo?
G. Brueghel [Peasant Wedding]
1. What makes this a Renaissance painting?
1.
2. How is it different from or similar to the works of 2.
da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo?