Thursday, May 12th 2011

• Think of all the subjects that you study in school. What if you only studied one or two subjects for your whole educational career? Would you prefer this? How would this change your understanding of the world?

Renaissance = “rebirth”

This was a time when people gained a renewed interest in the Classical arts (from the Greek and Roman times)

Classical painting

Renaissance painting

Medieval painting

Medieval sculpture

Classical sculpture

Renaissance sculpture

Classical architecture

Renaissance architecture

Medieval architecture

• Out loud reading: pages 316-317

• Out loud reading: pages 320-321

Perspective

Raphael: School of Athens

Raphael The School of Athens

Jesus and Mary – Byzantine Empire

Madonna del Cardellino, by Raphael, 1506

The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalyse, approx. 1000 CE

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Albrect Durer, 1500’s