Activity 1 - How do we analyse sources?

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Activity Tasks

1. Objectives - This lesson you will decide who was the most significant ‘Renaissance artist’ by analysing and evaluating their most significant art works.
2. Selecting Sources - Around the room have been placed eight art works from Renaissance artists. Four from Leonardo Da Vinci, and four from Michaelangelo. You need to select three from each artist to evaluate.
3. Evaluating Sources - You need to evaluate each source using the OPCVL method by answering these questions on sticky notes or in a table provided.

Activity 2 - How significant is each source?

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Activity Tasks

1. Evaluate - Using your evaluation of the three sources, decide where each artefact should go on the washing line of significance!
2. Discuss - With a partner, explain which is the most significant artwork you have chosen, and which is the least significant artwork. Try to justify your opinion with reasons.

Activity 3 - Who was the most significant?

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Activity Tasks

1. Review - Using this significance chart, review both Leonardo and Michelangelo. Who was the more significant artist?
2. Write - Now write a paragraph conclusion explaining who you think the most significant artist was and why, with reasons. This writing frame can help:

Activity 4 - Reflecting on the Renaissance

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Activity Tasks

1. Review - Reflect on the statement of inquiry for this unit: Cultural expression reflects the time, place and space of the artists that created it - How did Michelangelo and Leonardo’s artworks reflect the time, place and space of Renaissance Italy? ​
2. Mind-map - Add the statement of inquiry to your Padlets and then mind-map details and examples from what you have learnt to show how artists in the Renaissance expressed ideas about their time, place, and space.

Further Reading

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STANDARD READING

1. The 4 Most Important Renaissance Artists (and Ninja Turtles) - Brainscape Blog. (2015, June 15). Brainscape Blog.

INTERMEDIATE READING

1. History.com Editors. (2010, October 15). Renaissance Art. HISTORY.

ADVANCED READING

1. Art in the Renaissance | Boundless World History. (2020). Lumenlearning.Com.

FURTHER WATCHING

1. Documentary Renaissance HD. (2017). Documentary Renaissance HD - Art Of The Western World 3 The Early Renaissance [YouTube Video].
2. ‌Martirone, M. (2016). Middle Age and Renaissance Art [YouTube Video].

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