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Italian Renaissance Stations

Station 1 – Renaissance Man & Woman

Using the primary source excerpts at the station, fill in the figures below with attributes that the Renaissance man and woman were expected to demonstrate.

Station 2: Art in the Third Dimension

1.  Why do you think medieval artists abandoned the technique of perspective?

2.  Analyze the three paintings and decide which painting(s) represent the Renaissance (with one-point perspective) and which painting(s) represent the Middle Ages (no perspective). Then explain your reasoning.

a.  Pentacost:

b.  Captivity of Jeholachin:

c.  Mona Lisa:

Station 3: Realism

During the Renaissance’s exploration of classical art, painters and sculptors noticed that the Greeks and Romans used proportion and details to make their work more accurate. Renaissance artists began to study the human figure and aspects of everyday life in order to increase the realism of their work.

Each of the paintings at this station show a different aspect of the realism of Renaissance art. Analyze each piece and discuss with your group specifically how the artist was able to make his subject(s) as convincing and lifelike as possible.

Artwork / Realistic?
Y or N / Describe HOW realism was achieved
Peasant Wedding by Bruegal
Madonna della Sedia by Raphael
David by Michelangelo

Station 4: Patrons

Choose 4 of the story problems and solve them. Make sure you show your work and label it. Then answer the final questions.

Question # / Work & Answer

What is a patron’s role in creating art?

Who were some of the most famous/important Italian Renaissance patrons?

Station 5: Machiavelli

Read this excerpt from Machiavelli’s book of advice for all leaders, The Prince. Then, summarize his key points in the space below.

Station 6: Dante

Literature during the Renaissance also underwent a dramatic change. Instead of using the (then) international language of Latin, authors began to write in the vernacular, or local language of their readers. Dante was one of the first to do so. However, if you look at his subject matter in his work, The Divine Comedy, you will see he was still dramatically influenced by the mythology of the Greeks and Romans.

Read the excerpt from Dante’s Divine Comedy, and draw a picture below to illustrate the text. Finally, label it as necessary so it is clear who and what all of your figures are.