World History
Class Activity – The Renaissance
Name_____________________________________________
Date______________________ Period____________
Bell Work
Look at the pictures on the screen and think of the ones on your facebook or that you see in advertising, how has the
way we take pictures changed over time?
Below is a sentence, use context clues to try and define the bolded term.
Charlie was an unmotivated student. He seldom got better than a D average. He just didn’t see the purpose of school. His
behavior continued until he was able to take his first art class. Charlie was great at drawing and showing what he knew
through art. His teachers started letting him turn in drawings with an accompanying written explanation to show what
he knew. The very next semester Charlie re-focused and was able to improve all of his grades. It looked as if Charlie had
experienced a renaissance in the how he thought of school
Possible definition for renaissance –
Actual definition for renaissance-
Jacopo di Cione Madonna and Child in Glory
What's going on in this painting? what could be its purpose?
Does this painting show real life? Why or why not?
How are the people pictured similar?
How are they different?
Halos
Hieratic Scale
Egg Tempera
Franconian School Miraculous Mass of Martin of Tours
How is this painting different?
How is this painting similar?
Do their surroundings look true to life? Why or why not?
Are they wearing halos?
Did the artist use hieratic scale?
Madonna and Child with St. John (Giuliano Bugiardini)
What's different about this painting?
What's similar?
Do these figures wear halos? How do they differ from the halos you saw in the first painting?
Is the landscape heavenly or earthly?
Giovanni Agostino da Lodi Adoration of the Shepherds
Has this artist has used hieratic scale. Why or why not?
Can you see any halos?
Do you think this painting is made with tempera paint or oil paint? How can you tell?
The Kress Monnogrammist The Adoration of the Magi
Does this painting look true to life? Why or why not?
Does it use hieratic scale?
Are their Halos?
Is it oil paint or egg tempera?
Annibale Carracci The Bean Eater
In a couple sentences, explain how The Bean Eater differs from all of the other paintings we have seen.
Below see if you can put the paintings in the correct chronological order, 1 being the earliest and 5 being the
latest example. Justify each of you choices by explaining why you gave it the ranking that you did on the back of
this sheet.