Download Bell Ringer: Sept. 30 & Oct. 1

Bell Ringer
Begin the crossword puzzle – you will finish it
for the Closing activity.
Today in class…
We will…
• Explore Renaissance artists and their art.
You will be able
to… Social Studies
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Identify key people of the Renaissance
and their contributions.
Analyze examples of Renaissance art.
Language
• Define Patron, Vernacular.
• Use vocabulary in a crossword puzzle.
• Describe a piece of Renaissance art
using vocabulary words.
NEXT TIME/SOON: Complete Crossword Puzzle
Person: Johannes Gutenberg
• Work: Invented the
Printing Press
• Other Information:
Gutenberg Bible
finished in 1455 (first
full sized book
printed with movable
type).
What does the printing press
remind you of in OUR world?
Vocabulary
• Vernacular – one’s native language
What is your vernacular?
How do you think people felt when
they could read the Bible in their
own language?
Person: Leonardo da Vinci
• Works: Mona Lisa,
Last Supper,
Virtruvian Man
• Other Information:
__________________
____________
Modern Day Renaissance Man
da Vinci’ s “The Last Supper”
Person: Desiderius Erasmus
• Work: Praise of Folly
• Other Information:
“Doctors…in that line of business the more ignorant,
Humanist
rash, and brainless he is, the more he is esteemed.”
“The mind of man is far more attracted by what is
fictitious, than by what is true…consider sermons in
churches…if something serious is being spoken, all
are asleep nodding their heads appearing thoroughly
bored. But if the bawler (speaker) begins to relate
some old yarn (story)...everyone sits up and drinks it
in (listens) eagerly.”
Person: Thomas More
• Work: Utopia
• Other Information:
Humanist
Person: Machiavelli
• Work: The Prince
“Before all else, be armed.”
“It is better to be feared than loved, if
you cannot be both.”
“It is double pleasure to deceive the
deceiver.”
Person: Medici Family
• Work: Merchant
family who supported
artists & purchased a
lot of art
Vocabulary
Patron = Rich person who pays artists,
architects, musicians, or writers to produce
works of art
Can you think of a modern day patron of the arts?
Person: Michelangelo
• Works: Sistine Chapel Ceiling,
Sculpture of David, and St. Peter’s
Basilica
• Other Information: Painter, Sculptor,
Architect
Person: Raphael
• Work:
School of
Athens
Person: Shakespeare
• Works: Macbeth, Hamlet,
Romeo and Juliet
• Other Information: Playwright
and Poet from England
Based on “Taming of
the Shrew”
Renaissance Art
• Lifelike:
– Looked realistic
– Artists studied the body
• Perspective:
– Had depth
– 3D
• Emotion:
– Showed how the artist felt
• Secular
– Non-religious, worldly
– Renaissance art was sometimes religious and
sometimes secular
Renaissance Museum
Directions: Take a tour of our “museum” and
analyze each piece of Renaissance Art.
Write “YES” in every characteristic that is
present in the piece of art.
When you are done, answer the reflection
question in your Journal.
Describe one of the pieces of art you analyzed
in 25 words or more. Use the word bank for
ideas.
Closing
• Complete the Crossword puzzle.
• Turn it in as you leave.
• If you do not finish, it is HW and due the
beginning of next block.