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Was Leonardo DaVinci a True
Renaissance Man?
Mr. McEntarfer * Global II
The Renaissance
• The Renaissance (French for “rebirth) was a
cultural movement that began in Italy in the 14th
century. It marked the end to the dreary and
church dominated Medieval period and began
a new era of art and learning in Europe.
• Leonardo Da Vinci lived and worked during
this time.
What is a Renaissance Man?
• A Renaissance Man is a person who is skilled in
many different fields of study and has a broad base
of knowledge. The term “Renaissance Man” is
based on the various artists and scholars of the
European Renaissance, (starting in about 1450 AD)
A Renaissance Man is a person who…
• Is multi-talented (art, science, literature…)
• Has a questioning attitude (curious)
• Has a humanist spirit (celebrates people)
• Has a secular attitude (Is more worldly and
places less importance on religion)
• Practices Renaissance Art (depth, perspective,
3-D)
• Applies new ideas and invents
• Looks to science for answers, not the church.
The Mona Lisa
Who is she?
What is she
thinking?
Is there
perspective (3-D)?
The Last Supper
What is Jesus Missing?
Look out
the
window.
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What do the hand
gestures tell us?
Leonardo the Anatomist
What does an
“anatomist” study?
What is the miracle of birth?
If Leonardo was born
in the Middle Ages do
you think he would be
persecuted?
Fact: Leonardo could
simultaneously write
with his left hand and
draw with his right.
Leonardo the Inventor
What is it?
What is it?
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• Exchange with the person next to you to
get a different perspective and offer
suggestions.
Was Leonardo Da Vinci a True Renaissance Man?
The Renaissance Man
• Multi-talented (art, science,
literature)
• Has questioning attitude
(curious)
• Has a humanist spirit
(humans rule)
• Has a secular attitude (I more
worldly and places less
importance on religion)
• Practices Renaissance Art
(perspective)
• Applies new ideas and invents
• Looks to the sciences for
answers.
Leonardo Da Vinci
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He was an artist, an inventor, an
anatomist and much more.
He was curious about how the body
worked.
His painting celebrate human life, in
the last supper he paints Jesus and
the apostles as people having a
party.
His paintings are non-religious – (no
halo on Jesus) He looked to science
instead of what the Church said.
(Studying the body)
His art had perspective
(backgrounds and vanishing points)
He was an inventor (drafts for the
helicopter and the tank)
He looked to science to answer
questions about human anatomy.
What do you think?
• Given what we’ve learned do you consider
yourself a Renaissance Man or Woman?
• How many interests do you have?
• What qualities do you possess?
• What do you want to develop?