What is the essential question of this chapter?

List the section titles and the key terms below.

28.1- Florence-

28.2- Donatello-

28.5- Michelangelo-

28.7- Leonardo da Vinci-

28.8- Niccolò Machiavelli-

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the chapter?

Section Titles Key Terms and Definitions

Quickly sketch two images from the chapter. Write a one-sentence caption that explains how

you think each image relates to the chapter.

What is the essential question of this chapter?

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29.1- Johannes Gutenberg-

29.2-

29.3- William Shakespeare-

29.10-

29.12-

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the chapter?

Section Titles Key Terms and Definitions

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you think each image relates to the chapter.

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Personalities of the Renaissance

Essential Questions: Chapter 28 & 29

Can you think of any possible responses to the two essential questions listed below?

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Who did you choose? Why did you choose this person? Name at least three of the person’s talents, accomplishments, or achievements. 1. 2. 3. Explain why he or she has been influential.

The City of Florence

Directions: Read Section 28.2: “The City of Florence” (pg. 344) to answer the following questions.

1. What about Florence’s location made it an important center for trade and commerce?

2. Which family dominated Florence? 3. How did they acquire their wealth?

4. Which 2 fields or professions contributed most to Florence’s wealth?

Florence’s cultural activity

5. In the diagram below, describe how each picture contributed to Florence’s cultural activity.

Michelangelo

Directions: Read Section 29.3: “Michelangelo, Italian Sculptor and Painter” (pgs. 357-358) to answer the following questions.

1. What was Michelangelo’s childhood like?

2. Michelangelo’s art combined which two Renaissance ideals?

3. Identify and describe 1 of Michelangelo’s famous sculptures.

4. Identify and describe Michelangelo’s most famous painting.

Directions: Read Section 28.5: “Advances in Sculpture” (pgs. 347-348) to answer the following questions.

1. What 2 things influenced Renaissance artists to begin carving lifelike statues?

2. Who influenced Michelangelo?

3. Describe Michelangelo’s David.

Leonardo da Vinci

Directions: Read Section 29.12: “Leonard da Vinci, Renaissance Person” (pg. 366) to answer the following questions.

1. What kinds of subjects did Leonardo study?

2. What fields did Leonardo involve himself in for work?

3. What kinds of things did Leonardo sketch in his notebooks?

4. Identify and describe 1 of Leonardo’s greatest paintings.

Directions: Read Section 28.7 “Advances in Science and Mathematics” (pgs. 350-351) to answer the following questions.

1. How did humanism change the way people came to understand the world around them?

2. How did Leonardo da Vinci put humanist beliefs into practice?

3. Leonardo and other scientists paved the way for modern science and mathematics by emphasizing…

Niccolo Machiavelli

Directions: Read Section 28.8 “Florentine Politics” (pgs. 351-352) to answer the following questions.

1. Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?

2. What did Machiavelli write about in The Prince?

3. How does The Prince actually show the influence of humanist ideas?

Directions: Rewrite each of the following quotes from The Prince in your own words.

“A prince should have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study, but war and its organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands.” My interpretation:

“Thus, it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed [ready] that when it is merciful to be otherwise, you may be able to change to the opposite qualities.” My interpretation:

“In the actions of men, and especially of princes, from which there is no appeal, the end justifies the means.” My interpretation:

Johannes Gutenberg

Directions: Read Section 29.2 “The Renaissance Spreads Through Europe” (pg. 356) to answer the following questions.

1. How did Renaissance ideas spread from Italy to the rest of Europe?

2. How did Gutenberg’s printing press improve upon existing printing methods?

3. How did the printing press help to spread new ideas, discoveries, and inventions?

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William Shakespeare

Directions: Read Section 29.10: “William Shakespeare, English Poet and Playwright” (pgs. 364-365) to answer the following questions.

1. Who was William Shakespeare?

2. What do Shakespeare’s writings reveal about his personality?

3. What do Shakespeare’s plays show?

4. What are some of Shakespeare’s most well-known works?

5. Why do Shakespeare’s plays remain popular even today?