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Date: _______________
Renaissance Thinkers
1. Use the chart below to categorize the thinkers who are featured in the slideshow:
Artists
Writers
Political
Leaders
Religious
Leaders
Scientists
2. Next, use two different highlighters to identify the Italian Renaissance thinkers and the Northern
European Renaissance figures. (Highlight the underlined words with the color you are using for
that region).
3. Of all of the artists profiled in the slideshow, who is your favorite? Why?
4. Who is the earliest painter profiled in the slideshow? When did he live?
5. What technique is used in Raphael’s paintings to create a sense of three dimensions?
6. Where is the vanishing point in Raphael’s School of Athens?
7. What is the name of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting of a woman?
8. What else is Leonardo da Vinci famous for, other than painting?
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9. Da Vinci is considered a “Renaissance man”, someone who had multiple talents and areas of
interest. What other artists in the slideshow might fit that definition?
10. Which leaders came from Florence?
11. Which leaders ruled England (they are parent and child)? When?
12. What is William Shakespeare famous for? Where is he from?
13. What culture is the focus of Botticelli’s painting The Birth of Venus?
14. What culture is the focus of Raphael’s School of Athens?
15. How did Johann Gutenberg’s printing press contribute to the Protestant Reformation?
16. What characteristics of Renaissance paintings were clearly inspired by study of ancient cultures?