Renaissance Project
The Renaissance (1350 – 1550) was the transition period between the Medieval Era and
the modern world. The word renaissance means “revival” or “rebirth”. This was a
period of great achievements in arts and sciences combined with deep religious concerns.
The Renaissance became one of the most productive periods in all history.
Ruth Armsen
For this project you will choose a person from the renaissance period to learn more about
and share that information with the class. You will need to get your information by
referring to one web resource, one encyclopedia, and one book. You may use additional
sources but you must use one of each of these. Your project must include at least two
pictures, one of which must be of the person. Your report will need to be at least one
page but not more than two pages of text.
Project set-up: Picture of person (cover page), introductory paragraph, background
paragraph, accomplishment paragraph, impact paragraph, and additional picture. You
will also need to include a bibliography page.
Musicians: Desprez, Dufray
Sculptors: Cellini, Donatello, Ghiberti, Verrocchio
Explores: Columbus, Magellan, Marco Polo, Vasco de Gama, Sir Francis Drake, Prince
Henry the Navigator
Scientists: Copernicus, Descartes, Galileo, Mercator, Gutenburg, Kepler, Vasalius,
Newton
Architects: Alberti, Brunelleschi, Palladio
Politicians: Elizabeth I, Francis I, Mary – Queen of Scots, Henry VIII, Ferdinand and
Isabella, Phillip II, Mary Tudor I (Bloody Mary)
Scholars/Writers/Poets/Playwrights: Castiglione, Machiavelli, Mantius, Shakespeare,
Erasmus, Petrarch
Patrons: The Borgias, The Medicis
Artists: Bellini, Botticilli, Bruegel, da Vinci, Durer, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian,
Uccello, Van Eyck, Giotto
“Renaissance” Man: Sir Walter Raleigh
“Renaissance” Woman: Isabella d’Este, Catherine de Medici
Religious Leaders: Martin Luther, Sir Thomas More, John Calvin