Exploring people, culture and ideas
Learning Outcome 3.7: Appreciate change in the fields of the arts and science, with particular reference to the significance of the Renaissance.
INTRODUCTION
youtube - the renaissance: an introduction
history matters 365 -
printable wordsearch - why italy?
OVERVIEW
lagan history - what was the renaissance?
National Gallery of ireland - exploring the renaissance
Changes in painting
learnodo newtonic - 10 greatest renaissance paintings
history matters 365 -
worksheet - changes in painting
Leonardo da Vinci
Biography.com - Leonardo da Vinci
britannica -
Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
the irish times - Rolling up the river – Frank McNally on an unlikely partnership between Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli
Sofonisba Anguissola
NATIONal geographic - this italian artist became the first female superstar of the renaissance
Albrecht Durer
history matters 365 - Albrecht Durer Interactive Image
Rembrandt
bbc radio 4 - great lives - Rembrandt
changes in SCULPTURE and architecture
history matters 365 -
worksheet - factcheck: changes in sculpture and architecture
Michelangelo
illustrating history - michelangelo
TED-ED - The many meanings of Michelangelo's Statue of David
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
The Printing Press
cloud biography - johannes Gutenberg biography
copernicus
biography.com - copernicus
GALILEO
biography.com - Galileo - physicist
mr bett's class - Trial of Galileo ("More Than Words" Parody)
bbc radio 4 - great lives - galileo
johannes kepler
bbc radio 4: in our time - johannes kepler
isaac newton
biography.com - isaac newton
William Shakespeare
biography.com - william shakespeare
bbc radio 4 - great lives - william shakespeare
William Shakespeare Interactive Image
thought_co. - List of Phrases Shakespeare Invented
History Matters 365 -
Printable Wordsearch: William Shakespeare
PATTERNS OF CHANGE: HEALTH AND Medicine
worcesterjonny - who was andreas vesalius?
history matters 365 -
worksheet - walkabout bingo: medicine and science
significance of the renaissance
history matters 365 -
worksheet - 5 reasons why
More Resources
Take a virtual tour of the national gallery in london
history matters 365 -
worksheet - who's who: the renaissance
worksheet - visual sources: changes in the arts and science
RETRIEVAL CHALLENGE GRID
FOCUS TASK
Imagine you are interviewing Michelangelo for 'The Renaissance Times' newspaper. What questions would you ask? What answers would he give?