9th Grade Honors World HistoryIsaacson

Renaissance Art Webquest and Powerpoint Presentation

Directions: For this assignment you will be using internet archives of Renaissance art to answer the question, «How does the artwork of the Renaissance reflect the new philosophy of the Renaissance?» You will be presenting your analysis in the form of a powerpoint presentation in front of the class.

Step 1: Choosing your artists

Directions:Choose one of the artists to research for your project.

*Leonardo da Vinci*Raphael

*Michaelangelo*Boticelli

Step 2: Doing your research

Directions: Afteryou have chosenyourartist, use the internet searchengines and online databases to research their artwork.

Tip: A good way to search through artwork is to use the yahoo search engine by clicking the «IMAGES» option at the top of the webpage.

Key things to look for with your artists:

  1. What is the style or specialtiy that you can observe for each artist?
  2. What is their background or life experience, and how did that experience effect their artwork?
  3. How wasit possible for the artist to accomplish his artwork? Did he have a patron?
Step 3: Making your Comparison

After you have researched your Renaissance artists, perform a search on artwork from the Middle Ages. Use your analysis of the Medieval artwork to answer the following questions:

  1. How does the artwork from the middle ages reflect the ideas and philosophies from that time period?
  2. What comparisons or contrasts can you see between artwork from the Middle Ages and artwork from the Renaissance?

Step 4: Creating your Project

For this project you will be creating a presentation on your analysis using Powerpoint. You will be required to include the following slide format:

  1. A title slide with your name and hour
  2. An introductory slide summarizing your findings in comparing Renaissance and Medieval artwork.
  3. You will need to include a background information slide for yourartist.
  4. You will need to include threepieces of artwork for yourartist and an explanation of eachpiece and how eachpiece of artwork demonstrates the ideas and philosophies of the Renaissance.

*How do you do this? When you find a piece of art that you would like to include in your powerpoint, you can right click on the picture, copy it and then paste it into your presentation. You can then resize it to fit your screen.

*Note: Some pictures may be copyrighted and will not allow you to copy or paste them. If this happens, please see Mrs. Isaacson.

Your powerpoint presentation must include aminimum of these 6 slides to have a complete grade. Please feel free to include more slides if needed.

Additional Grading Criteria:

*Creativity and Effort

*Historical accuracy of information

*Slides are informative

*Demonstration of connection between artwork and Renaissance philosophy

*Clear comparison between Renaissance artwork and medieval artwork

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