5.1: Renaissance group task

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

5. 

The Time of 

Discoverers and Reformers

1.1  The Renaissance 

AGE 5. The Time of 

Discoverers and Reformers

Lesson 5.1: The Renaissance

Write down the group members' names
(first + last name)

During the Middle Ages

After the

 Middle Ages

view on religion: 

weapons of war: 

spreading knowledge: 

geographical  knowledge: 

the Byzantine Empire 

handwritten books

Ottoman Empire (Islam)

critical towards Church

earth is flat

bow and arrows

earth is a globe

church is always right

a Christian Empire

firearms

printed books

The term "(classical) Antiquity" means:

1. the time of hunters and farmers
2. an online antique shop
3. the time between the Greeks & Romans and the Renaissance
4. the time of Greeks and Romans

Why is Leonardo da Vinci such a good example of a
Homo Universalis?

Use the term in your answer.

Explain that Italy in the 15th century was NOT a united country

4. Write down three reasons why the Renaissance started in Italy.

Look at the portrait of Lorenzo the Medici.
Use this source to write down two arguments that indicate
that Lorenzo was a wealthy man

6a. During the Middle Ages, up until 1453,
Constantinople was the capital city of :

1. the eastern Roman empire
2. The western Roman Empire
3. The Ottoman Empire
4. The Byzantine Empire

Explain why the knowledge of antiquity had been lost in western Europe, but had been preserved in eastern Europe.

Explain the difference in worldview between Antiquity and the Middle Ages by using the phrases "Carpe Diem" and "Memento mori"

Explain how the new interest in Antiquity
changed the worldview in the Renaissance.

Why did this change in worldview benefit
the artists during the Renaissance?

Bible

Carpe Diem 

individual people are important

Classics

Memento Mori

only God is important

painting: Archangel Michael slaying the dragon, painter unknown

Take a close look at the painting again.
Which of these four statements about the painting is correct?

1. it has perspective (depth)
2. it is inspired by the ancient Greeks
3. it is a Biblical scene
4. it has realism

Take a close look at this painting.
Which of these four statements about the painting is NOT correct?

1. it has perspective (depth)
2. it is inspired by the ancient Greeks
3. it is a Biblical scene
4. it has realism

Find Rafael's painting (previous question) in the theory lesson.
Explain why Rafael would choose these two
persons as main figures for his work.

In the painting there are many other references to the
ancient Greek world. Can you name at least three?

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How can you tell that Raphael admired Leonardo da Vinci?

perspective

biblical subjects

artist

realistic

flat picture

craftsman

subjects from daily life and antiquity

not realistic

A Medieval church and a Renaissance church look very different.
Mention one characteristic design element from both that clearly accentuates the difference.

In source 1.9 in your textbook, you see a Renaissance artwork from the Sistene Chapel in Rome. Why did the Church remain one of the most important buyers of art?

Why would an artist cut open dead bodies to study them?

machine

clergy

slow

manual

fast 

citizens

Why do you think the church opposed Copernicus' ideas
about a sun centered universe?

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