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HUMANISM
Culminating Activity ~ Thematic Newspaper
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WHAT DO…
In your writing you should either agree or disagree with the following statement as it applies to
the Renaissance…then, find arguments to support it.
“Often the clearest expression of an era’s
ideals and values can be seen in its art,
architecture, and literature.”
Strive for quality. Show your humanistic vision, and your original approach to or
perception of individualism. Support your position by citing examples from the textbook, Mrs.
Popa’s presentations & lectures, videos, and the Internet resources.
MUST HAVE:
1. Title page.
2. Content: elaborate body of facts (Intro,
Body, Conclusion).
3. Advertisement (a commercial-oriented data:
sale of an item/product, advertising a trade
/craft, announcements/pamphlets).
4. Resources (in proper bibliographical format).
5. Proof of edited notes.
WHY DO…
… to discuss the advances made by the people of the
Renaissance and Scientific periods in literature, arts,
architecture (engineering/ building); understand why
these periods represent a revival (rebirth) of classical
ideas and learning. 7.8.5.
Recommended computer program ~ Microsoft Word – Newsletter Wizard.
Follow these steps:
1. File – Project Gallery = Menu & Catalog – Newsletter.
2. Choose any template that applies to the Renaissance theme.
Option: File – Project Gallery = Business Forms – Brochures.
Due date: 04.29.11
Culminating Activity – ARTS - ARCHiTECTURE - LITERATURE
NEWSPAPER
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Elements or Themes to be included– HOW DO…
INTRODUCTORY (1)
- Define the term “Renaissance”(“R”), underline how it revolutionized the remaking of nearly
all society’s institutions: political, social, economic, educational, and family;
- Make connections to antiquity – how “R” became a time when leading thinkers or scholars
(Petrarch, Boccaccio), revisited the “great ideas” of ancient Greece and Rome, and studies the
classics of the humanities (art, literature, architecture, etc.) They were humanists, and their
concern with these ideas was called humanism)…started in the 1300s.
- Mention how these humanists found new ways to apply these ideas to recreate the spirit of
classical learning in arts, literature, and architecture.
IN DEPTH (2,3,4,5,6) ~ (1400s-1500s)
…one of the hallmarks of the “R” was the shift in the way people looked at the world, its
ideals and values; the developments of a variety of skills and talents;
…the rise of an “artistic” movement changed the way in which artists (painters, sculptors),
builders and writers depicted humans beings and the world around them;
…trade, the flow of money, and the new excitement about human potential stimulated great
artistic and intellectual achievements across the European continent.
Weave these ideas into the main “R” themes that the humanists encouraged:
strong commitment to public service, the concept of patronage – wealthy leading families or
patrons (de Medici, in Florence) spent their own money on public buildings and sponsored artists
and writers – so that all the citizens of the community could enjoy artistic, architectural, and
literary works; secularism – nonreligious subjects (themes), the focus was more on life on earth
rather than the afterlife to come; individualism/individual worth – improving oneself through
study and reflection, sign individual work, seek personal acclaim; realism (showing people and
nature as they really were); all artists aimed to create works that were truly novel, in order to
gain the support of the patrons (competition); architects used simple geometric forms (square,
circle) in combination with mathematical principles to incorporate linear perspective (Romanstyle dome - Brunelleschi) thematic gardens as an architectural achievement: engineering
knowledge, water-hydraulics know-how, mazes etc.; the chateau (French castle); painters
strove for proportions, correct sizes, feeling of movement and life (da Vinci, Botticelli, Raphael),
first to use oils and details (Van Eyck); satirical themes (Broegel); sculptors made intensive
studies of human anatomy for lifelike representations (Michelangelo); literature – writers
adapted a new classical style: pretending characters (Cervantes); invention of the essay and
the writing from the point of view (Montagne); theme of simple life – its worldly, inexpensive,
transient pleasures (C. Marlowe , W. Raleigh); Elizabethan Drama and W. Shakespeare –
theme of idealism (sonnets) and real, universal emotions (love, greed, ambition), real people with
real virtues and flaws; experimentation of new ideas, styles, materials: Johann Gutenberg’s new
printing method (movable metal type) - translation of Bible into vernacular (lay, common
language);
CONCLUSIVE (7) – discuss the everlasting effects of the “R” ideas on mankind.
What is
the lesson we’ve learned ?! Does the Renaissance era reflect in the modern world today?
RESOURCES
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"History Alive", TCI, 2005, pg. 320-337, 340-344
Video – “Everyday Life in the Renaissance” – Schlessinger Media, 2004,PA, VHS.
The Life of Leonardo da Vinci: G. Vasari, 1550
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/vasari1.html
Museum of Science ~ Leonardo Da Vinci
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/
Michelangelo Buonarroti
http://www.michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html
The Enchanted Gardens of the Renaissance
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/Jardin/index_english.html
Sistine Chapel in Vatican /Michelangelo
http://www.wga.hu/tours/sistina/
Filippo Brunneleschi and his Dome
http://www.obscure.org/~perky/uofr/fall2002/ISYS203U/Duomo_Site/filippo.html
http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/genscheda.asp?appl=LIR&xsl=slideshow&lingua=ENG&chiave=100985
http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0328/0328p_duomo.cfm
In Search of Shakespeare
http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/
Renaissance English Literature (Chaucer, Marlowe, Raleigh, Milton)
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
Shakespeare's Globe Theater Virtual Tour
http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/virtualtour/
Shakespeare's Globe
http://www.bardweb.net/globe.html
Web Museum: The Renaissance - The Italian Renaissance (Botticelli, Giotto, Raphael, Vinci, Titian,
Michelangelo, Tintoretto); The Northern Renaissance (Holbein, Bruegel, Durer); Gothic (Van Eyck).
From here, also navigate to “Glossary” & “Artist Index”.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
El Greco
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/greco/
HRC…Online Exhibitions (scroll through links available on the left)
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg
Lorenzo de Medici (biographical info)
http://www.yourwaytoflorence.com/db/medici/medici2.htm
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-19-2004-53113.asp