Ⅰ. The Meaning of the Renaissance

The timeline of the Renaissance

  1. Try to highlight the period of Renaissance with a red pen on the timeline (1300-1600A.D.).
  1. The word “Renaissance” is derived from French. What’s its original meaning? During the Renaissance period in Europe, which period of culture was promoted?
  1. Finish the timeline and analyze the significance of the Renaissance tothe culture development in Europe.


Comparison of human portrait drawingsin the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Picture A Picture B

  1. According to Source B, which picture is drawn in the Middle Ages? And which one is drawn inRenaissance?Try to list your evidence and explain.

Because
  1. From the human portraitdrawn in the Renaissance, which thinking influenced people at that time? What influence does it have on the development of Renaissance?

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Ⅱ. The Causes of the Development of Renaissance

Look at the following information carefully and answer the questions.

The picture describing the situation in Florence, Italy during Renaissance

  1. Try to list the name of different social classes in the picture.
  1. Try to list the name of different buildings. Which period of style is the architectural design based on?
  1. Can the above material fully explain the causes of the Renaissance? Analyze the causesaccording to the material and your knowledge.

Ⅲ. Achievements of the Renaissance

Comparison of drawings in the Middle

Ages and theRenaissance

  1. According to the abovematerials, which picture is drawn in the Middle Ages? Which one is drawn in Renaissance?

Painting drawn in the Middle Ages:
Painting drawn in the Renaissance:
  1. Compare the differences of the paintings drawn in the Middle Ages and Renaissance in terms of the following aspects.

The Middle Ages / The Renaissance
Appearance
Drawing method
Material selection
Idea toward humans

Timetable of important events in theRenaissance

1265---Dante was born

1350 ---The renaissance began in city-states in Italy

1377---Brwnelle-schi was born

1438---Gutenberg invented typographic printing press

1452---Leonardo da Vinci was born

1453---Constantinople fell, causing many scholars to escape to Italy

1473---Copernicus was born

1474---Michelangelo was born

1483 ---Raphael was born

1492 ---Discovered the New World

1547---Cervantes was born

1564---Galileo and William Shakespeare were born

The Renaissance has abundant contents. It has huge changes inthe aspects of art, literature, science and architecture. Choose the figure you are most familiar with from the abovematerials. Fill them in the proper blanks and introduce their important works.

Art / Science / Literature / Architecture
Important figure “famous work” / Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa],
[The Last Supper] / Copernicus
[Solarism] / Dante
[La Divina Commodia] / Brwnelle-schi
[Florence Cathedral]
Michelangelo
[The Palestrina Pieta, Moses] / Galileo
[invented telescope] / Cervantes
[Don Quijote] / /
Raphael
[Sistine Madonna] / / / Shakespeare
[Romeo and Juliet]、
[The Merchant of Venice] / /


Ⅳ.Influence of the Renaissance

The influence of Renaissance on Europe

1300AD 1400AD 1500AD 1600AD 1700AD 1800AD

Renaissance Enlightenment

The great geographical discovery

Religious reform

  1. With reference to Source A, analyze the important influence of Renaissance on Europe.
  1. What important impactdoes the Renaissance have on our lives today? Try to find out evidence in our dailylives and explain.

Introduction in words: (Students may answer freely).